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PublishedMay 24, 2019
At $2 million, priciest-ever medicine treats fatal genetic disease
The medicine is a gene therapy that treats an inherited condition called spinal muscular atrophy, which strikes about 400 babies born in the U.S. each year.
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PublishedMay 24, 2019
Trump administration seeks to weaken protections for transgender people in health care
The proposal is part of a broader effort by religious conservatives in the administration to define gender restrictively.
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PublishedMay 23, 2019
Senate vote sends bill to end vaccine exemptions to governor’s desk
A recent measles case in Maine was cited by both supporters and opponents of the measure to end all non-medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations.
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PublishedMay 22, 2019
Measles case at Madison schools, Skowhegan hospital raise awareness of vaccination need
Madison school officials say the incubation period has passed in a single case of measles, but they have sent home a letter advising parents to be mindful of the situation and to call the school nurse with questions.
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PublishedMay 22, 2019
More than 700 vaccinated after Maine restaurant worker infection
The Maine Center for Disease Control is warning that restaurant patrons may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.
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PublishedMay 21, 2019
Hundreds of Mainers protest other states’ new anti-abortion legislation
Demonstrators pack Congress Square Park to rally against laws passed recently in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and other states that place new restrictions on access to abortion.
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PublishedMay 21, 2019
Maine House gives final approval to ending vaccine opt-outs
The bill to eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions to school-required vaccinations must clear just 1 more hurdle before going to the governor.
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PublishedMay 21, 2019
Vaccinated child had Maine’s first case of measles in 2 years, say health officials
The case was confirmed Monday in a school-aged child in Somerset County, and the agency says others may have been exposed at schools in Madison and the hospital in Skowhegan.
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PublishedMay 21, 2019
Bill to allow more medical professionals to perform abortions is closer to passage
The bill, which has the support of Gov. Janet Mills but still faces votes in the Senate, comes at a time when other states are restricting access to abortion.
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PublishedMay 17, 2019
Psychiatric patient who killed father allowed to move into Augusta group home
A judge says he'll approve a request from a Riverview Psychiatric Center patient found not criminally responsible for the 1995 killing of his father to move to a group home in Augusta.
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