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PublishedJuly 21, 2019
Scallop catch is up, and consumers are shelling out
Federal data says the harvest topped 58.2 million pounds last year, the highest total since 2011 and the fifth-highest in history.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2019
Lawyers zero in on drug companies amid opioid epidemic
Maine and most other states have sued opioid manufacturers, and rulings on some of the first cases could come by the end of August.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2019
Stifling heat wave to hit much of the nation by this weekend
Washington, Philadelphia and New York are likely to see at least three days with temperatures between 95 to 100 degrees, and Maine will see highs in the 90s.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2019
Maine Family Planning will forgo federal funds over Trump’s abortion ‘gag rule’
The nonprofit receives nearly $2 million from the family planning program each year, and that money represents roughly 25% of its revenue.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2019
Governor’s opioid summit brims with ideas for solutions to crisis
The summit convened by Gov. Janet Mills attracts about 1,000 people and highlights ideas for addressing the epidemic of opioid use disorder.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2019
Maine health officials looking for links in 6 cases of Legionnaire’s disease
The CDC is trying to determine whether there are any connections between the cases in the Bangor area, including one in which the patient died.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2019
After setbacks, Trump shifts plan to lower prescription drug costs
The president is now focusing on congressional efforts aimed at helping people on Medicare and younger generations covered by workplace plans.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2019
Trump orders overhaul of long-standing approach to kidney care
The goal is to get patients who go to dialysis centers to get less-costly home care or to receive a transplant.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2019
Effort to increase Medicaid patients’ access to opioid treatment is threatened
A provision in federal law designed to control costs – called the upper payment limit – is creating an obstacle.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2019
A peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit
NIH scientists seek people willing to have their brains scanned as they try to kick opioids, to see how addiction medicines may help healing.
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