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UMaine team has created a statewide production hub for making critically needed PPE
May 11, 2020The University of Maine System assembled a team to address the shortage of personal protective equipment for health care workers. Existing relationships between sectors were essential for fast turnaround. It's been a grassroots effort that's
May 11, 2020
18 Maine community health centers to share $4.7 million for COVID-19 testing
May 11, 2020The money is part of $25 billion in the federal CARES Act slated for coronavirus testing, and will go to community health centers and organizations throughout Maine, from York to Aroostook counties.
May 11, 2020
IDEXX testing partnership is 'game changer' for state's reopening plan
May 8, 2020The ability to test more Mainers could alter reopening plans at a time that's pivotal for the restaurant and lodging industries, who don't know what's ahead for the normally lucrative summer season.
May 8, 2020IDEXX gets OK for human coronavirus test, and Maine is buying the test kits
May 7, 2020A subsidiary of the Westbrook-based animal diagnostics maker has developed the test using technology from the parent company. The molecular test can provide results in less than 3 hours, IDEXX says.
May 7, 2020
BIW signs contract to build swab machines for Puritan Medical Products
May 7, 2020The defense contractor will build 30 of the machines the Guilford-based medical products company needs to double swab production when its new plant opens in Pittsfield next month.
May 7, 2020
Luke’s Lobster, fishermen's co-ops launch partnership for front-line workers
Updated: May 6, 2020Luke’s Lobster has teamed with four fishermen's cooperatives and Cabot Creamery to make and deliver over 500 servings of lobster lasagna this week to front-line workers in the coronavirus crisis.
Updated: May 6, 2020UNE will reopen Maine campuses to students this fall
May 4, 2020As the planned reopening of Maine businesses begins, the University of New England on Monday said it will welcome students back to its Biddeford and Portland campuses this fall.
May 4, 2020
Maine's Tri for a Cure cancer fundraiser goes virtual
Updated: May 4, 2020The annual event, which raised over $2 million last year and drew 1,300 participants, will be held over the course of an entire month instead of a single day in July.
Updated: May 4, 2020
With $250M in outside investment, Covetrus reduces short-term debt
May 1, 2020The investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is already a major shareholder in the company. But the additional stake gives the firm two seats at the Covetrus board table and larger voting rights.
May 1, 2020
Swab maker will double output in partnership with Cianbro, BIW
May 1, 2020Guilford-based Puritan Medical Products will expand to a Pittsfield building owned by Cianbro Corp., which will allow the manufacturer to double swab production for COVID-19 testing.
May 1, 2020
Leapfrog Group awards 'A' for safety to 11 Maine hospitals
May 1, 2020The national organization of employers and other health care purchasers evaluates safety and performance in hospitals nationwide, including 17 in Maine.
May 1, 2020
Calais Regional Hospital cuts 10% of its workforce as financial woes deepen
April 30, 2020The 25-bed hospital in Washington County is in the midst of bankruptcy proceedings, and the coronavirus crisis has only worsened the situation. The hospital says federal relief hasn't been of much help.
April 30, 2020
Central Maine Healthcare offers screening help so businesses can safely reopen
April 30, 2020The Return to Work Screening program, through the Lewiston-based health care system's Maine Urgent Care Centers, provides guidance for businesses as they try to assess employee health and look to reopen safely.
April 30, 2020
Growing Maine medical device provider pivots to COVID-19 fight
Updated: April 30, 2020A medical device maker with a growing Maine presence is expanding its at-home health-monitoring product to screen individuals at most risk of COVID-19.
Updated: April 30, 2020
Maine health care providers receive $42M from feds for COVID-19 battle
April 29, 2020The money will help the state's hospitals and other health care providers cover the costs of treatment, make up lost revenue and expand testing for uninsured Mainers.
April 29, 2020
Supreme Court rules Lewiston health insurer is owed $59M in fed back payments
April 29, 2020Community Health Options paid into a risk-sharing program set up by the Affordable Care Act. But after losing money, the nonprofit health insurer never received federal payments from the program.
April 29, 2020
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