Children, pregnant people and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat – but the impact is already felt across every specialty of medicine.
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States split by party on accepting Purdue Pharma settlement
Republican state attorneys general chiefly support a tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with the OxyContin maker, while their Democratic counterparts mostly oppose it.
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Mint, menthol: Vape industry has dug heels in on flavor bans
Altria, one of the world’s largest tobacco producers and Juul’s biggest investor, has spent more than $70,000 in Maine alone on a social media and email campaign to defeat a ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
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Scientists rethink Alzheimer’s, diversifying the drug search
Scientists explore novel ways to attack Alzheimer’s in the wake of a string of disappointing drug failures.
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Juul warned over claims e-cigarette safer than smoking
The FDA warns the vaping giant to stop making unproven claims for its products.
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Opioid talks at impasse; Purdue bankruptcy filing expected
Attempts to reach a nationwide settlement over the opioid crisis with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have stalled.
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Sen. Collins promotes bill to fight Lyme disease in hearing UMaine’s ‘tick lab’
The senator was promoting the TICK Act, which would provide $100 million in funding to combat tick-borne diseases.
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MaineHealth gets $5.1 million grant to expand cancer patients’ access to clinical trials
Maine Medical Center’s parent says the 6-year federal research grant is for a minimum of 85 patients.
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High-dose opioid prescriptions fall sharply in Maine
Much of the decrease appears to have occurred since a law limiting such prescriptions began to take effect in 2017.
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Horse in York County euthanized after contracting rare mosquito-borne disease
State officials again urge Mainers to take precautions against mosquito bites, after the horse tests positive for Eastern equine encephalitis.