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PublishedDecember 6, 2019
U.S. flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus
The last flu season to rev up this early was in 2003-2004 — a bad one.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
Retail drug prices declined last year for first time since 1973
But total U.S. spending on health care increased to $3.6 trillion, or $11,172 per person, according to a government report.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
Experts split sharply over experimental Alzheimer’s drug
Experts are sharply split over the effectiveness of an experimental new Alzheimer’s drug
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Once-a-month birth control pill? It works in animals.
Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsured
Drugmaker Gilead has agreed to donate PrEP for up to 200,000 people a year over 10 years.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2019
Two cases of whooping cough diagnosed at Freeport High School
Parents and guardians were notified Monday that students may have been exposed to the bacterial illness.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2019
Working-age Mainers dying at a faster clip than in all but a few states
A new study finds that midlife mortality in the state is up nearly 21% since 2010, the result of suicides and drug, alcohol and health problems.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2019
No more menthol cigarettes: New ban on tobacco, vape flavors in Massachusetts
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law on Wednesday a bill that’s meant to reduce the appeal of the products to young people amid a rash of illnesses and deaths linked to vaping.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2019
Benefits of stem cell heart therapy may have nothing to do with stem cells, study suggests
A new mouse study may debunk the idea behind the controversial procedure, showing that the beneficial effects of two types of cell therapy are caused by the body's wound-healing response.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2019
One year later, mystery surrounds China’s gene-edited babies
Scientist He Jiankui hasn't been seen publicly in 11 months, and nothing is known about the health of the three babies.
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