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PublishedFebruary 11, 2019
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.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
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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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
$4.6 million senior living center proposed in Madison
The Madison Board of Selectmen has approved a tax deal for Woodlands Senior Living; the proposal will now head to residents at a special town meeting.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
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.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2019
‘Time for our state to recover’: Mills signs order to combat opioid crisis
The governor orders the purchase of 35,000 doses of overdose-reversing naloxone; integration of medication-assisted treatment into the criminal justice system; and creation of a statewide network of 250 recovery coaches.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2019
Bill calls for 4 mental health centers to be alternative to emergency rooms
The National Alliance on Mental Illness backs the measure calling for four ‘assessment centers’ for stays as long as three days.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2019
State dismisses remaining complaints against Lewiston oral surgeon Jan Kippax
The dismissal means that, in three years of investigations and hearings, the state never found a single instance to show the longtime dentist did anything improper.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2019
Vietnam veteran feels displaced by shutdown of Togus VA outpatient dialysis center
A temporary shutdown of the outpatient center occurred after the sudden departure of its nursing staff.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2019
Vaccination exemptions backfire in Oregon measles outbreak
At least 43 people in Washington and Oregon have fallen ill in recent weeks with the extraordinarily contagious virus.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2019
Panel unanimously backs Jeanne Lambrew’s nomination to lead DHHS
The Cape Elizabeth native says she is focused on rebuilding weakened programs in areas such as child protection, public health and rural mental health.
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