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Health care

Published
June 3, 2019

Maine becomes latest state to sue pharmaceutical company over opioid crisis

Attorney General Aaron Frey files a lawsuit that accuses Purdue Pharma of deceptive business practices in marketing the drugs to the state's health care providers.
Published
June 3, 2019

Assisted suicide bill moves closer to passage with 1-vote margin in Maine House

With the bill poised for Senate approval, Gov. Mills could have the final say on whether Maine joins 7 other states that allow a terminally ill patient to request a lethal dose of medication.
Published
May 30, 2019

Maine Senate advances bill to allow assisted suicide for terminally ill patients

Thursday's 19-16 vote to approve the measure followed a similarly close vote in the House this week.
Published
May 29, 2019

Tighter vaccination law could spur increase in medical exemptions

Medical exemptions jumped after California passed a law similar to Maine's in 2015, but Maine officials hope to avoid that problem.
Published
May 24, 2019

At $2 million, priciest-ever medicine treats fatal genetic disease

The medicine is a gene therapy that treats an inherited condition called spinal muscular atrophy, which strikes about 400 babies born in the U.S. each year.

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Published
May 24, 2019

Trump administration seeks to weaken protections for transgender people in health care

The proposal is part of a broader effort by religious conservatives in the administration to define gender restrictively.
Published
May 23, 2019

Senate vote sends bill to end vaccine exemptions to governor’s desk

A recent measles case in Maine was cited by both supporters and opponents of the measure to end all non-medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations.
Published
May 22, 2019

Measles case at Madison schools, Skowhegan hospital raise awareness of vaccination need

Madison school officials say the incubation period has passed in a single case of measles, but they have sent home a letter advising parents to be mindful of the situation and to call the school nurse with questions.
Published
May 22, 2019

More than 700 vaccinated after Maine restaurant worker infection

The Maine Center for Disease Control is warning that restaurant patrons may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.
Published
May 21, 2019

Hundreds of Mainers protest other states’ new anti-abortion legislation

Demonstrators pack Congress Square Park to rally against laws passed recently in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and other states that place new restrictions on access to abortion.