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Health Care

Published
July 13, 2020

Federal judge rules women can get abortion pill without doctor visits

The judge said suspending the requirements aligns with public health guidance to eliminate unnecessary travel and in-person contact.
Published
July 10, 2020

Flu-like cases hint at early COVID-19 in Maine

This season, the state saw an unusual spike in people going to the doctor for a fever and cough or sore throat. Still, experts say it is unclear whether it was related to an earlier-than-thought coronavirus emergence or just a really bad flu season — or both.
Published
July 10, 2020

Number of COVID-19 patients in Maine hospitals hits lowest level since March

Hospitals in the hardest-hit counties see modest declines as a welcome lull continues into a sixth week.
Published
July 7, 2020

Maine CDC reports one more death, 17 new COVID-19 cases

Maine averaged 27 new coronavirus cases daily for the week ending Tuesday, down from 37 cases per day during the previous week.
Published
July 6, 2020

Eight new coronavirus cases, no additional deaths reported in Maine

The relatively small increase in cases comes after 3 weeks of much higher numbers of new infections, and a holiday weekend in which 4 older Mainers died of COVID-19 in Cumberland County.

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Published
July 4, 2020

Move to repeal Affordable Care Act ‘just inviting chaos,’ Maine leaders say

Should the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the Trump administration's effort to overturn the law, they say, the consequences would reverberate throughout the health care system.
Published
July 3, 2020

Another 45 COVID-19 cases reported in Maine but no new deaths

Maine continues to add several dozen coronavirus cases a day as the number of out-of-state visitors increases.
Published
July 2, 2020

COVID-19 hospitalizations stay low across much of Maine

MaineGeneral in Augusta had no patients all week, while Central Maine Medical Center, Maine Med and Mercy saw upticks.
Published
July 2, 2020

With Maine tourism season here, growing number of out-of-state visitors are testing positive

Figures updated by the Maine CDC hours after the Press Herald reported that only outdated numbers were available show a near quadrupling in the pace of new cases in the last 11 days of June.
Published
July 2, 2020

Maine CDC reports 34 new coronavirus cases, no additional deaths

As a holiday weekend ushers in higher numbers of out-of-state visitors, the average number of active COVID-19 cases per day has crept up, but hospitalizations remain low and the rate of positive tests is declining.