The latest tally from the public health agency raises statewide totals to 32 deaths and 847 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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Maine Acts of Kindness: Helping nursing home residents to stay in touch with family
Two neighbors in Cape Elizabeth have raised funds to buy iPads they are donating at senior-living facilities.
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Experts worry politics will guide voters’ virus precautions
Public health experts are becoming concerned that people will use their partisan identification to decide which officials to believe whenever parts of the country start edging back to a new normal.
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Puerto Rico under scrutiny as youngest COVID-19 patient dies
Puerto Ricans are becoming increasingly disgruntled with how the government is handling the COVID-19 crisis as details emerge, including the death a 29-year-old man who became the U.S. territory’s youngest victim after his father said he wasn’t tested the first two times he sought help at an emergency room.
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Louisville adjusts to new date and season for Kentucky Derby
The Derby will not be held on the first Saturday in May since 1945 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Even without fans, Premier League would have at least 300 at games
West Ham vice chair Karren Brady says between the teams, security, staff, refs, media and medical officers, there could be as many as 500 people at the soccer games.
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Next up, locusts? Maine had 5 potential disasters in a week
A pandemic, snowstorm, windstorm and flooding — all capped with a paper mill explosion.
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New York’s daily virus deaths under 550 for first time since April 1
The daily increase in coronavirus deaths in New York state has dropped under 550 for the first time in over two weeks as hospitalizations continue to decline.
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Contamination at CDC lab delayed rollout of coronavirus tests
The failure by the CDC to quickly produce a test kit for detecting the novel coronavirus was triggered by a glaring scientific breakdown.
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How coronavirus changed the way we watch, listen and play
Noon is now prime time, board games are cool again, and other revelations from a comprehensive look at how media habits have shifted during the early weeks of the ongoing global health crisis.