Maine reported 732 new cases Wednesday for a 4-day period, but that’s only the number of positive tests the state could verify and process, not the actual number of people who tested positive.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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MaineHealth network postponing some elective procedures to make room for COVID-19 surge
With Maine’s case counts now the worst in New England, there is ‘no end in sight’ to when hospitals can resume normal operations, a hospital executive says.
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Few Maine hospitals comply with federal price disclosure law
Most hospitals have yet to publish information that shows charges negotiated with insurance companies or what an uninsured patient would pay for a service.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 thriving in rural Maine counties, with 665 new cases statewide
The new cases represent the highest single-day total since Jan. 20, near the height of the pandemic.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine allows more time for required vaccinations as new COVID-19 cases nearly double
Enforcement will begin Oct. 29 rather than Oct. 1, to give health care workers more time to get fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, the state reports the most new cases in a day since Jan. 22.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Nurses criticize Maine Medical Center for paring employees’ COVID-19 benefits
The changes at Maine’s largest hospital, which treats many COVID-19 patients, include limiting quarantine pay and pregnancy benefits for nurses and other employees.
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Hospital leaders plead with Mainers to get shots, as beds fill up with unvaccinated patients
Maine reported 390 new COVID-19 cases Thursday and 133 people hospitalized, the highest numbers since early May.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine hospitals’ COVID-19 patient counts soar over the weekend
The number of inpatients statewide jumped from 98 on Friday to 123 on Monday, with 61 people in critical care beds.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Maine kindergarten vaccination rate rises
Fewer parents sought religious and philosophical exemptions last year, and a new law that takes effect this year that bans all but medical exemptions.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Maine reports 182 new cases, with decline in Cumberland County
Cumberland County, the state’s most populous and highly-vaccinated county, had its risk designation lowered from ‘substantial’ to ‘moderate’ Thursday.