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PublishedApril 2, 2019
US health officials alarmed by paralyzing illness in kids
More than 500 U.S. children have been struck by a mysterious paralyzing illness over the past decade, more than 200 of them just last year
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PublishedMarch 28, 2019
Report says more Maine kids were in state custody, waiting to be adopted, in 2018
The 25th annual Kids Count book also shows that the state led the nation for the highest rate of children with anxiety disorders, and that teen suicide increased dramatically over the last decade.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2019
Coverage for abortion services generates debate at packed hearing
A bill supported by about 80 Democratic lawmakers would provide state-funded abortion services to Medicaid recipients and require insurance companies to cover abortions.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Lawmakers advocate for improvements to Maine’s lead testing program
Bills before the Health and Human Services Committee would mandate testing for all of Maine's 1- and 2-year-olds.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Augusta woman who found kidney donor makes signs for other Mainers who need transplants
Krystal Reardon, 44, who used signs last fall to help her find a kidney donor, is now using similar efforts to seek help for others.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2019
Mumps case reported at York High School
The Maine Center for Disease Control said other students may have been exposed at the high school and at a basketball game at Massabesic High School.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2019
Republican Party’s anti-immigrant tweets anger Portland mayor – and Republican senators
In a series of tweets late Thursday night, the state party took aim at migrants and the city, falsely connecting immigrants to outbreaks of infectious diseases.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2019
Patients ask Legislature to restrict insurers’ control over medications
But an insurance industry representative argues that a bill to regulate 'step therapy' would favor 'costlier, but no more therapeutically effective, brand name drugs.'
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Hundreds pack hearing on bill to end most exemptions for kids’ vaccinations
The measure would eliminate nonmedical exemptions to vaccinations for measles and other infectious diseases that are required before children enter school.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
New president of Maine Med says hospitals can’t go it alone
Jeffrey Sanders believes collaboration with the community is the key to improving the state's health care landscape.
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