MaineHealth is investing $61 million in raises for 18,000 employees, the health care network announced Wednesday. Other major health care networks have done the same.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Climb continues as Maine reports 47 new cases of COVID-19 and 5 more deaths
Maine’s increases are lower than some parts of the country, such as Florida and Missouri, where the delta variant has taken hold.
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Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
New daily COVID-19 cases on the rise in Androscoggin and Oxford counties
The areas saw an increase in the seven-day average Tuesday compared to 14 days ago.
Posted inNation / World, News
India’s pandemic death toll could be in the millions
Most experts believe the nation’s official toll of more than 414,000 dead is a vast undercount.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Maine’s supreme court extends deadline for Legislature to redraw voting districts
Lawmakers had asked for more time because they still don’t have the U.S. Census data needed to redraw congressional and legislative district lines.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine delegation touts launch of logging industry relief program
A $200 million pandemic relief program is opening soon for U.S. logging and log-hauling businesses that have been seriously affected.
Posted inHealth, Maine
COVID-19 cases rising steadily in Maine, but CDC isn’t alarmed yet
Maine reported 153 cases for the 3 days ending Monday, and the 7-day case average increased to 49, more than twice what it was just 2 weeks ago.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Delta variant fears send Dow tumbling in worst one-day decline of 2021
The market jitters and growing case counts echo the earlier days of the pandemic.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Staff vaccination rates at CMMC, St. Mary’s slowly rise to meet other Maine hospitals’ levels
The rate rose from May to June, moving closer to other hospitals in state.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Mills signs bill authorizing spending of $1 billion in federal rescue plan funds
But the measure falls short of the two-thirds majority needed to become law immediately, so it won’t take effect until 90 days after the Legislature adjourns.