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“O” helps but “A” hurts. When it comes to COVID-19, new research suggests your blood type might influence just you sick you’ll get. “If I can do something to help somebody else right now that’s in the hospital in need of my type of blood, I’m always glad to help,” said Anarelys Flubacher. She donated […]

The impacts of an infected person breaking quarantine are far-ranging: Ketchikan Public Utilities’ sole customer service office is closed. Ketchikan Little League announced it would suspend three divisions for at least two weeks.

Fourteen Alaskans and 12 nonresidents newly tested positive for the virus, the state reported Friday, as Anchorage’s mayor left open the possibility of requiring people to wear masks.

Brazil has now reported more than 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus and 48,954 deaths, marking a grim milestone for the South American country.

Tesla also told employees that there’s a new round of performance reviews, called Performance Acceleration 2020, that will be completed by July 27. The company has sometimes cut staff at or around reviews.

The coronavirus disproportionately affects seniors, but they may not be included in important clinical trials for vaccines and treatments.

The FDA fast-tracked the approval for hundreds of COVID-19 and antibody tests to get them to the public as quickly as possible. WINK News reporter Morgan Rynor got tested and explains what the process is like. “What I’m going to do is I’m going to poke your finger and I’m going to fill up this […]

Maine Med had fewer pandemic patients this past week then at any time since the early days of the crisis.

The governor urged citizens to stay the course and protect each other from the deadly virus.

Hamilton County Health Department officials confirmed on Thursday that a 25th resident has died of COVID-19, and an additional 77 people have contracted the virus. We have reached out to the health department for more information about this person’s death, and will update our story as we learn more. As of June 18, a total of 2,065 cases have been confirmed in the county since the health department began reporting cases in March.