Health care
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PublishedNovember 2, 2018
Scarborough school officials issue whooping cough warning
Following a pertussis outbreak at Scarborough High School, parents are urged to keep kids home if they have a cough and to update family vaccinations.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2018
U.S. opioid overdose deaths hit highest level in 2017
The DEA says heroin, fentanyl and other opioids continue to be the greatest threats.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2018
Government agencies clash on cellphone danger risk
One says it causes cancer in rats. The other says there's no reason for people to worry.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2018
Utah will pay public employees to go to Mexico to fill prescriptions
Certain high-costs drugs are so much cheaper outside the U.S. that the non-profit trust that provides insurance says it will be worth it.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2018
Affordable Care Act website now working as open enrollment for health insurance begins
People trying to sign up in the early morning got a message that work was underway on the website.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2018
Medicaid applicants in Wisconsin face health questions
Federal officials, however, reject the state's effort to impose drug tests on applicants.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2018
Appendix may play role in Parkinson’s, study suggests
People who had their appendix removed early in life had a lower risk of getting the disease decades later, researchers say.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2018
Mercy Hospital building emerges as latest prospect for Portland shelter
West End resident M. Curt Sachs has proposed using the building on State Street as a homeless shelter, neighborhood health clinic, soup kitchen and transitional/affordable housing complex.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2018
Vaccine clinic scheduled after hepatitis A case confirmed at Portland shelters
State health officials, who are dealing with rising numbers of hepatitis cases because of an increase in illicit drug injections, say a person stayed at two Portland shelters during the time that person was infectious.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2018
FDA poised to OK potent new opioid for market
The drug is five to 10 times more potent than pharmaceutical fentanyl.
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