Health
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2020
Ex-drug company executives face reckoning in opioid bribery case
The case against Insys Therapeutics is considered the first seeking to hold an opioid maker criminally liable for the ongoing drug crisis.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2020
Unusual flu virus hitting children hard, and this season’s vaccine is a poor match
Experts say, however, that the vaccine still offers some protection against the B strain that is dominating flu activity across the U.S.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2020
Maine unveils new tool to monitor exposure to radon
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says it's providing a new online tool to help reduce residents' chance of radon exposure
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2020
House passes bill to force federal action on ‘forever chemicals’ with Pingree, Golden amendments
The bill would force the EPA to develop health standards for the substances and would add PFAS to the list of chemicals in the agency's ‘Safer Choice’ labels program.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2020
Flu becomes widespread in Maine
Flu cases accelerated last week and are now being recorded in all 16 Maine counties, with York and Aroostook the hardest hit.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2020
Study finds no strong sign linking baby powder and cancer
Thousands of lawsuits by women claim asbestos in the talc powder caused their ovarian cancer.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2020
You’ll never guess who helped to fund that controversial ‘keep eating red meat’ study
The Annals of Internal Medicine issued a correction about the researcher’s undisclosed conflict of interest with the meat industry.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2020
Tick-borne illnesses Lyme and anaplasmosis increased in Maine in 2019
Since 2012, the state has had a more-than tenfold increase in cases of anaplasmosis, which has more severe symptoms than Lyme disease.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2019
Gov. Mills urges federal help on climate change for smaller, rural states
In a letter, she asks Congress to focus more on offshore wind, renewable energy and weatherization.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2019
Freeport High School now has 10 confirmed cases of pertussis
School officials hope the district's winter vacation will break the cycle of cases in the student body.
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