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Health care

Published
April 19, 2018

From Medicaid expansion to pot sales, partisan stalemate in Augusta leaves key issues unresolved

A late-night impasse over adjournment has members of the 128th Maine Legislature vehemently blaming political opponents, with time running out and the fate of unfinished legislation unclear.
Published
April 18, 2018

Maine to receive more than $2 million to fight opioid epidemic

The federal money is part of $485 million split among the 50 states and four U.S. territories.
Published
April 16, 2018

Organs from drug deaths easing transplant shortage

Researchers say patients fare as well or slightly better with organs of overdose victims.
Published
April 16, 2018

Study finds drug boosts lung cancer survival rate

Merck's Keytruda, when prescribed with standard chemotherapy, cut the risk of dying in half, compared to chemo alone, after nearly a year.
Published
April 14, 2018

Doctors keep licenses despite sexual abuse

Punishment for abusive doctors often consists of a short suspension paired with therapy.

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Published
April 11, 2018

Sanford schools report outbreak of whooping cough, a stubborn public health problem in Maine

At least 6 cases of pertussis are reported at the city's primary school and junior high school and parents are being warned to get booster vaccinations for their children.
Published
April 10, 2018

New definition for Alzheimer’s may help speed up diagnoses

Scientists are proposing that the disease be based on biological signs, rather than symptoms, as biological signs can show up 15 to 20 years before symptoms.
Published
April 9, 2018

Giant U.S. health system to study gun violence

Kaiser Permanente says it will begin by investing $2 million in research into a problem that has a huge effect on its patients.
Published
April 9, 2018

Maine Senate upholds veto of bill protecting Obamacare

The bill would have allowed children younger than 26 to remain on their parents' health insurance policy even if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act.
Published
April 9, 2018

Democrats advance bill to partially fund Medicaid expansion

The $10.4 million funding measure would pay for 103 jobs to administer program benefits at the Department of Health and Human Services.