Health care
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PublishedAugust 4, 2017
Veterans affairs chief vows improvements to center in New Hampshire
Secretary David Shulkin also announces plans for a full-service veterans hospital in the state.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2017
Draft rules would impose age limit on over-the-counter naloxone sales
The Maine pharmacy board must still give final approval to regulations that would allow the overdose-reversing drug to be sold without a prescription.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2017
Portland wasn’t required to report MRSA infections at rec camp
The skin infections shouldn't cause serious harm if properly treated, public health officials say, and there are no requirements to report such cases either to state or federal health agencies.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2017
Researchers make first safe repair of heart defect-causing gene in human embryos
Scientists have discovered that embryos can fix themselves if they're helped early enough.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2017
Two children at Portland day camp diagnosed with MRSA skin infections
The bacteria – methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – resists antibiotics, and one of the children was hospitalized, city officials say.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2017
White House isn’t quitting the push to pass health bill
An aide says the president is deciding whether to end federal subsidies for health insurance.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2017
Failure of ‘skinny’ ACA repeal not a fix for Maine’s insurance market
Only a bipartisan effort to repair the flawed Affordable Care Act can prevent premiums from skyrocketing, insurance providers and advocates say.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2017
Less dramatic repeal of health care law gains favor in Senate
Republicans could pass it to make progress on their goal of ending Obamacare, but members of the House may not go along.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2017
Boy from Gray tells Senate committee about his life with diabetes
Charlie Albair, 10, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 6 and wants to play for the Red Sox, offered senators a deal if they continue to push for diabetes research funding.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2017
Votes on Senate Republican health care bill reveal challenges, divisions
It takes a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Pence just to open debate on plans to unwind President Obama's signature health insurance law.
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