It’s unclear when Maine will be able to obtain more doses and accelerate its efforts to vaccinate older residents, even as major health care networks make plans for vaccine clinics.
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State may change hospitals’ vaccine guidelines to prioritize workers who face most risk
Maine’s CDC director says the state wants to be more explicit with hospitals about which health care workers should get priority for vaccination.
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Testing capacity ‘crunched’ in some areas as demand increases, COVID-19 cases surge
Those with symptoms of the coronavirus generally face little to no delay obtaining tests, but the situation is different for some asymptomatic Mainers.
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Northern Light Health increases capacity to deal with Maine’s COVID-19 uptick
Waterville’s Inland Hospital and Pittsfield’s Sebasticook Valley Hospital are working with Bangor’s Eastern Maine Medical Center within the Northern Light system, officials said Wednesday.
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People & Business: Nov. 11
Banking on Brunswick Hires, promotions, appointments Brandei Wingard, M.D., has joined Northern Light Mercy Cardiovascular Care as a cardiologist. Wingard, who completed her residency in internal medicine as well as her fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Maine Medical Center, will also be the medical director of the hospital’s device clinic. As such, she will work […]
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Sanford superintendent says flu vaccine provider failed to check for parents’ signature
Matt Nelson says three students got shots without their parents’ consent because the provider didn’t notice that the permission forms hadn’t been signed or the signature had been crossed out.
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Two of 10 quarantined staff at Waterville hospital test positive for COVID-19
The two Northern Light Inland Hospital employees were initially exposed to an infected individual while they were off duty and not on hospital property.
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Waterville hospital quarantines 10 staff after potential exposure to patient with COVID-19
Northern Light Inland Hospital, which hasn’t had a COVID-19 inpatient since early April, is saying little about the incident.
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Northern Light Health caught up in data breach
The health care organization said it was affected when an online service provider’s information was stolen earlier this year.
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Maine health care systems to defy CDC shift, continue testing anyone exposed to virus
The federal CDC said last week that testing isn’t necessary for people suspected of being exposed if they show no symptoms of COVID-19.