Eesha Pendharkar, Author at Bangor Daily News

If the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t have new guidelines in place by Monday, the state will defer to the American Dental Association.

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Maine is hoping for new federal rules by Monday on whether dentists can reopen

First medicine shown to treat COVID-19 is on its way to Maine hospitals

The coronavirus has upended school for most Maine kids, but not these students

She was in Maine’s largest COVID-19 outbreak, but tested negative. Then she tested positive and died.

Maine high schoolers can graduate in person this spring

UMaine’s incoming class will be slightly smaller, but have more out-of-state students

Maine is using $9M to help 24,000 students connect to the internet

This USM nursing student just started work in one of Maine’s coronavirus hotspots

After week of conflicting messages, dentists can only treat emergencies in 1st stage of restart

Maine hospitals and the state prepared for a much more intense COVID-19 pandemic

Maine nursing students are headed to the state’s virus hotspots

Maine universities offer in-state tuition to students whose colleges have permanently closed

5 more residents die from the coronavirus at Scarborough veterans’ home

Augusta nursing home staff caring for residents without COVID-19 test positive

A model says Maine can ease coronavirus restrictions by mid-May, but CDC isn’t using it

As nursing homes grapple with the coronavirus, how much they tell families has varied

Maine adds phone support line for COVID-19’s frontline workers

Maine universities plan to reopen campus this fall — but student life likely won’t be the same

Coronavirus-driven social distancing has also slowed the spread of the flu in Maine

Portland treatment site would treat COVID-19 patients, but state hopes not to use it