About 2,000 state and local governments seek to hold the drug industry accountable for the nation’s opioid crisis.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine still waiting for internet health care revolution
Poor broadband and out-of-step Medicare policies relegate the state’s use of telehealth to small niches when it should be in the mainstream.
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State moves ahead on updating child welfare computer system
The new system will help officials track, record and process cases; a report last fall found caseworkers were overwhelmed trying to keep track of at-risk children.
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Maine insurers lower rate requests for Affordable Care Act coverage
They initially sought modest increases for individual coverage next year, but now 2 of the 3 are requesting decreased rates.
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Sen. Collins among those proposing a way to reduce insulin prices
The bipartisan plan aims to incentivize lower list prices.
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Judge ends state senator’s lawsuit calling for more public health nurses
The administration of Gov. Janet Mills is ‘substantially complying’ with a 2017 law championed by Sen. Brownie Carson, the judge rules.
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Brain-eating amoeba kills man who swam in North Carolina manmade lake
The man became sick with the rare infection after swimming at a water park.
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Drugmakers deny complicity in opioid crisis
Lawyers for drug companies contend that two Ohio counties can’t sufficiently connect billions of legal painkillers the companies made to fatalities and addiction.
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Ebola vaccine hampered by deep distrust in eastern Congo
The new Ebola vaccine is very effective, but community mistrust undermines its success in curbing the outbreak in eastern Congo, which has killed more than 1,700.
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Worldwide recall launched for textured breast implants linked to rare cancer
The FDA said the new data shows there have been 573 cases worldwide linking the cancer to the implants since 2011.