The group opposes Question 1, which would overturn Maine’s new law eliminating certain exemptions to childhood vaccination requirements.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine needs more services for opioid treatment, state drug official says
Gordon Smith, the state’s director of opioid response, tells lawmakers that access to medication-assisted treatment has improved but Maine needs more long-term recovery services such as housing, counseling and coaching.
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New Maine law imposes licensing fee on opioid manufacturers
The $55,000 will help pay for treatment and recovery programs.
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Americans drink more now than they did just before Prohibition
Federal health statistics show a rise in per-person consumption and increases in emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths tied to drinking.
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Portland residents healthier than state norm in some categories, less so in others, report says
They are less likely to smoke, binge drink or be obese, but more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted disease or die of a drug overdose.
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Ex-drug company executives face reckoning in opioid bribery case
The case against Insys Therapeutics is considered the first seeking to hold an opioid maker criminally liable for the ongoing drug crisis.
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Unusual flu virus hitting children hard, and this season’s vaccine is a poor match
Experts say, however, that the vaccine still offers some protection against the B strain that is dominating flu activity across the U.S.
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Maine unveils new tool to monitor exposure to radon
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s providing a new online tool to help reduce residents’ chance of radon exposure
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House passes bill to force federal action on ‘forever chemicals’ with Pingree, Golden amendments
The bill would force the EPA to develop health standards for the substances and would add PFAS to the list of chemicals in the agency’s ‘Safer Choice’ labels program.
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Medicaid expansion may have saved thousands from drug overdose deaths
Researchers concluded that additional access to drug-abuse treatment was linked to a 6% lower overdose rate for states that allowed more people to enroll in Medicaid.