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PublishedDecember 8, 2021
CMMC asks for federal assistance as COVID-19 continues to slam central and western Maine
Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday that she requested teams of emergency medical personnel under a federal program on behalf of Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2021
Maine Medical Center closes 6 more operating rooms to make more space for ICU beds
When there is a shortage of space at MMC, it affects smaller hospitals in more rural parts of Maine, like Stephens Memorial Hospital, said health officials.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2021
Pfizer says booster of its COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against omicron
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said that while 2 doses may not be strong enough to prevent infection, lab tests showed a booster increased by 25-fold people's levels of antibodies capable of fighting off omicron.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2021
First lab results show omicron has ‘much more extensive escape’ from antibodies than previous variants
The study also suggests that booster shots could be key in the battle with the variant.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2021
Central Maine rescue officials say staffing crisis leading to faltering coverage
Across the region, EMS services are finding they don't have enough staff to answer a growing number of calls.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2021
COVID hospitalizations keep rising as state reports 980 new cases, 12 deaths
Tuesday's report indicates no slowdown of the delta variant surge in Maine, which officials have warned could intensify through the holiday season.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2021
Maine reports record spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU patients
The big one-day jump in the number of inpatients coincides with predictions of a post-Thanksgiving surge and ratchets up stress on the state's hospitals.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2021
All private New York City businesses required to mandate COVID vaccines, mayor says
The measure will apply to roughly 184,000 businesses not covered by previous vaccine mandates, ranging from multinational corporations to mom-and-pop businesses.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
Maine doesn’t count at-home COVID tests in official case counts. But that’s OK, the agency says.
The public health benefit at-home rapid tests provide for Mainers outweighs any potential undercounting of cases, a spokesperson for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?
The Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S. is on hold because of legal challenges, but employers can still require the shots
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