The charges against Michael Brandon Demarre are among the latest in a series of pandemic-era airplane disruptions that have raised discussions about increased safety measures on flights.
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Rumford-based school board, superintendent respond to questions about bonuses
Regional School Unit 10 directors share opinions on how COVID-19 relief funds were used.
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Ottawa’s police chief ousted as a result of COVID-19 truck protest in Canada
Elsewhere in Canada, vehicles rolled out of a southern Alberta town and ended a blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing into Montana for more than 2 weeks.
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Franklin Memorial Hospital adjusts visitor policy
A Franklin Community Health Network representative said that the changes were made as they are “seeing signs that the COVID surge is beginning to improve” — though it’s not entirely clear how high the COVID-19 case rate in Franklin County (or statewide) is at this time due to “a large backlog of tests” and a shift to at-home testing, according to the CDC.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID case numbers jump as state begins clearing test backlog
The new data does not represent current pandemic conditions, which are continuing to improve.
Posted inSun Spots
Free COVID-19 tests to be available soon through Medicare
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I was wondering if all who need COVID-19 tests have found them easily. A recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will soon allowover-the-counter tests to be available free — up to eight test kits per month per recipient — through Medicare at participating, eligible pharmacies and stores. The details […]
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Texas man was anti-vaccine. Then his pregnant wife got COVID, and he faced a terrible choice.
‘When you sit there and you see your wife on life support because of COVID, you throw out politics,’ Chris Crouch said in the ordeal’s aftermath. ‘None of that matters anymore.’
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Bath could keep or repeal city’s mask mandate
As of Monday, Mid Coast Hospital was treating four patients for COVID-19, consistent with the recent downward trend of hospitalizations statewide.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
It may take awhile for your pet to receive care as burnout, staffing shortages bog down vet clinics
Many clinics and animal hospitals in central Maine have delays in seeing customers or are not taking on new ones as the pandemic and other factors make it difficult to retain staff.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
Scientists seeking universal coronavirus vaccine
They are inventing shots designed to foster an immunity wall that will repel the known variants and those yet to emerge.