Health authorities want to make the country smoke-free by 2025.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Cumberland-based SAD 51 latest to be hit by illness
The district for Cumberland and North Yarmouth is holding remote classes for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade on Tuesday because of a surge in illness affecting 270 of its 2,100 students.
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Advocacy groups rebuke calls to expand Maine’s progressive treatment program
More mental health advocacy groups are speaking out against Maine’s so-called progressive treatment program following the Thanksgiving Day murder of Gabriel Damour in Poland.
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Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for U.S. seniors
Hospitalizations for people with COVID-19 rose by more than 30% in two weeks.
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More women than men suffer strokes, but many don’t realize risk
According to the American Stroke Association, strokes kill more than 85,000 women each year.
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Fauci slams ‘lowlife’ trolls threatening his wife, children over COVID policy
Anthony S. Fauci, a public face of the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, said he’s alarmed by the harassment of his wife and children.
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Pausing breast cancer treatment for pregnancy appears safe
A new study is reassuring for women who are taking hormone-blocking pills after a breast cancer diagnosis and want to become pregnant.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Health officials warn that Maine is facing a potent flu season
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services said all 16 counties are seeing ‘a sustained increase in flu activity,’ and reported cases and hospitalizations have both climbed steeply over the past couple of weeks.
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Cumberland County receives public health grants
The grants will be used for initiatives targeting tobacco use, substance use disorder and obesity.
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FDA gives OK to updated coronavirus shots for children under 5
The agency also cleared an updated shot of the coronavirus vaccine by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, for children 6 months through 4 years old.