Facebook’s algorithms often promote anti-vaccination content over widely accepted, scientifically backed posts or pages about vaccinations.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Measles making comeback on widening anti-vaccine movement
‘Vaccine hesitancy,’ despite evidence refuting a 1998 claim that linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism, is slowing attempts to stop children from dying from preventable diseases.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Advocates urge lawmakers to ban vaping products from Maine public schools
The measure follows a budget proposal by Gov. Janet Mills to spend $10 million in tobacco settlement money to reduce youth smoking rates, as well as vaping.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Health officials: Ignore anti-vaccination fliers showing up in children’s products in southern Maine
Fliers that list ‘known vaccine side effects’ and imply a link to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are false and misleading, the state says.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
When counting steps, 100 a minute is a healthy pace
Kinesiology researchers have found that walking 100 steps a minute will give adults ages 21 to 40 the recommended, moderate-intensity exercise.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Older people find a good night’s sleep isn’t what it used to be
They are more likely to sleep less, wake earlier and more often, and these changes can affect health.
Posted inHealth, Life & Culture, Nation & World
Authorities shut down two Tennessee pharmacies’ opioid sales
Two people died and numerous others were hospitalized for overdoses shortly after obtaining drugs from the pharmacies.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Group calls on Central Maine Healthcare to sell Bridgton Hospital
The group says health care in the region has suffered under the current ownership; Central Maine Healthcare disputes this and says ‘Bridgton Hospital is not for sale.’
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Patients slow to warm up to telemedicine, prefer in-person visits
Still, 80 percent of mid-size and large U.S. companies offered the virtual service last year.
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Republican lawmaker’s bill calls for Medicaid money for spouses giving in-home care
Rep. Patrick Corey’s bill would make Maine the 13th state to allow spouses who care for their disabled partners to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement, at an estimated cost to the state of $2 million a year.