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Maine colleges scale back COVID-19 protocols even with more cases than previous two summers
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 25—Maine colleges and universities are doing away with many COVID-19 prevention measures, even as new and highly contagious variants of coronavirus drive case counts and hospitalizations ...
New virus strains may now be dominant drivers of COVID infections in Maine
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 6—New strains of coronavirus that are driving up case counts around the world may now be the dominant drivers of infections in Maine, according to the most recent data collected by the ...
New fast-spreading COVID strain detected in Maine
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 14—Maine health officials said a new variant of the coronavirus has arrived in Maine. In its latest sampling and testing of Mainers, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations steady but higher than a year ago
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 3—The Maine Center for Disease Prevention and Control reported 122 patients hospitalized statewide with COVID-19 on Sunday. While Maine's numbers continue to be good compared to other states ...
Second case of monkeypox reported in Maine
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 1—A second Maine resident has contracted monkeypox, the painful but usually non-fatal infectious disease that has been spreading throughout the world and now has been found in all but three ...
Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations increase by 10
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 16—With COVID-19 subvariants continuing to evolve, the number of Mainers hospitalized with the virus increased on Saturday. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported ...
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard economic impact $1.4B: Towns with most workers, payroll listed
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoKITTERY, Maine — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s economic impact swelled to over $1.4 billion last year,...
RSV may be peaking in Maine, but flu hospitalizations are on the rise
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 5—The rate of increase in RSV hospitalizations among children has begun to ease in Maine as cases have flattened in the rest of the country. But flu hospitalizations are starting to increase ...
Rooks: What did we learn from the pandemic?
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFour years ago this week, the coronavirus pandemic achieved global status, and life as we knew it came to an end. In Maine, the new reality arrived on...
COVID-19 hospitalizations down slightly in Maine
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 28—The number of people hospitalized in Maine with COVID-19 declined a bit on Saturday as the pace of new infections slowed. The state reported that 166 people were hospitalized with the ...