Across the University of Maine System, 60 students and staff members are currently positive for COVID-19, a decrease of 22 from a week earlier.
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Maine CDC reports 299 new COVID cases, no more deaths
Maine added 2,600 cumulative cases and 30 deaths in just one week, and on Sunday it reached 5,000 active cases for the first time. But a vaccine is on the way.
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Difficult ethical choices await Maine’s vaccine planners: Who goes first?
Hospital and nursing home administrators will pick the first vaccine recipients.
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Who is first in line?
Send us your questions about Maine’s rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines to: vaccine@pressherald.com How many doses will Maine get and when? The Maine CDC expects Maine to receive enough doses to vaccinate 50,525 people, or roughly 4 percent of the population, in the first three shipments. The first 12,675 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are […]
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When COVID came to town: Rural Maine reckons with a deadly visitor
Throughout the summer and early fall, the lakeside town of Naples didn’t see many cases of COVID-19. Things changed rapidly in November and what’s happening there now is a microcosm of how the pandemic has evolved to its current state.
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Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts.
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Bailey Public Library’s virtual programs help keep Winthrop-area residents connected during pandemic
Programs at the library, especially the movie club, have participants looking forward to spirited online discussions with others.
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Hockey: High school teams face unique challenges during COVID-19 pandemic
Fewer available rinks and co-op teams with players from multiple counties make playing high school hockey in a pandemic tough.
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Italy’s staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions
Italy could soon reclaim a record that nobody wants
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As he rails on election, Trump largely mum on toll of virus
President Trump has highlighted lots of big numbers this week, just not those linked to the national health crisis.