Health
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2020
Massachusetts sues Juul over e-cigarette marketing tactics
Attorney General Maura Healey's office said the nation's biggest e-cigarette maker is responsible for 'creating a youth vaping epidemic' with deceptive advertising tactics designed to lure in teen users.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2020
Bill to give Maine DEP more authority over ‘forever chemicals’ advances in committee
The bill is one of multiple measures that lawmakers will consider this year in response to growing concerns about PFAS contamination in Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2020
Study shows 40% of deer tick samples tested positive for Lyme disease
The first-of-its-kind study by the University of Maine's Cooperative Extension Tick Lab included more than 2,000 ticks submitted last year by residents of all 16 counties.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2020
Global experts study promising drugs, vaccines for new coronavirus
In at least two studies, patients are being treated with a combination HIV drug and another experimental drug.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2020
Maine flu cases shot up 24% in first week of February
Nearly 1,000 new cases were confirmed in the week ending Feb. 8, the most in a single week since this flu season began in October, with York County hit especially hard.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2020
Coronavirus fears prompt Facebook, Amazon to drop out of huge tech conference
A large majority of the cases have been in China, but uncertainty about how the virus spreads leaves business travelers feeling wary.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2020
Drugs fail to slow effects of inherited Alzheimer’s disease
Two experimental drugs have failed to prevent or slow mental decline in a study of people who are virtually destined to develop the disease because of rare gene flaws.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2020
China’s daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time
More than 1,000 total deaths have been recorded, and 42,638 people had been diagnosed as of 9 p.m. Monday.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2020
Pharmaceutical companies fund ad campaign to support Maine’s new vaccine law
A lobbying firm is spending $476,000 for TV ads defending the law against a repeal vote on the March 3 ballot, prompting opponents of the law to say the funding is an effort by Big Pharma to control Maine's vaccine policy.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2020
Gorham woman stuck at sea as cruise vacation gets cut short by fears of coronavirus
Opal Staudenmaier planned a 28-day getaway across Asia, but the trip was cut short Friday because the ship's proposed ports of call refused to let passengers disembark over concerns about infection from the virus.
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