State health officials this week confirmed an outbreak of the highly contagious preventable disease at the school.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Vaping among Maine high school students nearly doubled in just 2 years, survey shows
The increase prompted Gov. Janet Mills to call for more education and the elimination of a provision in state law that allows some people under 21 to buy tobacco.
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Breast cancer risk from menopause hormones may last decades
The Women’s Health Initiative study was stopped in 2002 when researchers surprisingly saw more heart problems and breast cancers among hormone users.
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House votes to empower Medicare to negotiate drug costs
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bill would cap Medicare recipients’ out-of-pocket costs for medicines at $2,000 a year, but the measure has no chance of passing the Republican-controlled Senate.
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CDC sends experts to fight measles outbreaks in Pacific islands neighboring Samoa
Measles has sickened nearly 4,900 people, killing 71, most of them children under 5.
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More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals
Deaths in nursing homes also have declined, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Pertussis outbreak reported at Freeport High School
Three cases of the highly contagious respiratory disease have been reported at the school in the last two weeks, and Maine has recorded 337 cases statewide through October.
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Maine flu map: Cases still widespread, and more schools hit
More cases but fewer hospitalizations than Maine’s most recent severe flu season.
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White House backs bipartisan deal curbing consumer health costs
The legislation aims to curb rising health care costs, including taking steps to limit “surprise” medical bills that can plague patients treated in emergency rooms.
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Adult in York County is first flu death of the season in Maine
Eight people have been hospitalized so far this flu season, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.