Health
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PublishedApril 5, 2019
Vaccine wars: Social media battle outbreak of bogus claims
In social media's misinformation battle, bogus claims on the dangers of vaccines are the next target.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
FDA investigates possible link between seizures and e-cigarettes
The move comes amid a nationwide push to fight underage use of e-cigarettes.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
In effort to prevent overdose deaths, state plans to put ‘NaloxBoxes’ in public buildings
Maine's director of opioid response described the plan at the first meeting of Gov. Janet Mills' Prevention and Recovery Cabinet.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2019
First living HIV-positive donor provides kidney for transplant in medical breakthrough
The procedure is another step in the evolution of HIV - considered to mean certain death when the AIDS epidemic began in 1981 - and an advance for the 1.1 million people who carry the virus.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2019
New president of Rumford, Bridgton hospitals sees a way forward
After months of Central Maine Healthcare turmoil, Peter Wright believes the hospitals are ‘through the tough times.’
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PublishedMarch 27, 2019
FDA proposes mammography rule to provide women with breast-density information
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
EPA surprised South Portland with emissions lawsuit against petroleum facility
City officials question why the Environmental Protection Agency didn't tell them that Global Partners has been violating the federal Clean Air Act for more than a decade.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Lawmakers advocate for improvements to Maine’s lead testing program
Bills before the Health and Human Services Committee would mandate testing for all of Maine's 1- and 2-year-olds.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2019
State says sludge must be tested for ‘forever chemicals’ before it’s used as fertilizer
The new requirement comes as a farmer in Arundel blames municipal sludge containing PFAS for contaminating his land and dairy herd.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2019
Anti-vaxxers trolled a doctors’ office. Here’s what scientists learned from the attack.
The study provides the first systematic analysis of how anti-vaccine activists coordinate harmful social media campaigns.
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