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Wastewater testing, case counts indicate pandemic easing in Maine
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 27—There are signs the coronavirus pandemic is easing in Maine despite COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remaining roughly static Friday compared with the previous day. Recent wastewater ...
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 ...
Maine reports 791 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 21—With the current surge of more contagious strains of COVID-19 in Maine and elsewhere in the Northeast, the state reported 791 new cases of the infectious disease and five additional deaths ...
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 ...
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 hospitalizations edge higher as state reports 791 new cases
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 19—The number of people hospitalized in Maine with COVID-19 edged higher Thursday as the state reported 791 new cases of the disease. A total of 228 people were hospitalized as of Thursday ...
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 ...
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 ...
Districts Recommend Masks — But Don’t Require Them — as COVID Counts Rise
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCoronavirus cases are rising nationwide but, so far, upticks have spurred only a few school...