Drug overdose deaths have taken thousands of lives in the last roughly 25 years in Maine, also having ripple effects on the loved ones of those who died.
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How Maine drug overdose deaths have increased in the past 25 years
Deaths continue to rise despite the wide availability of Narcan.
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Israel agrees to brief pause in Gaza for polio vaccinations, official says
A U.S. official says Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a push for arrangements for safe vaccination during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week.
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Updated COVID-19 vaccine rolls out at Maine pharmacies
There has been an uptick in reports of new COVID-19 infections through most of the summer.
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Maine granted $7.3 million for prenatal and postpartum home health care visits
The funds can provide Mainers with home visits from nurses, social workers and other health care professionals as part of their prenatal and postpartum care.
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Mainers can now access their vaccination records on a mobile app
The Maine CDC is partnering with Docket, an app that gives people access to their immunization history. Requests for those records have skyrocketed since 2019.
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Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues
At the earliest, the first batch of doses promised to support the new outbreaks in Congo will arrive on Sept. 1.
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New Hampshire resident dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus
The Hampstead resident’s EEE infection was the first in New Hampshire in a decade. Maine’s CDC has also warned of the presence of EEE and West Nile viruses in animals.
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Ultraprocessed foods are everywhere. How bad are they?
Ultraprocessed foods make up the bulk of the U.S. food supply and most Americans don’t go a day without eating some.
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Maine hospitals launch green initiatives to offset high energy use
The changes at Northern Light Health and MaineHealth include discontinuing certain anesthetic gases and pivoting to renewable heating sources.