Customers should not eat the products, which were sold from Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 in the deli and produce departments.
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U.S. school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising
All U.S. states and territories require that children attending child care centers and schools be vaccinated against a number of diseases, allowing exemptions for certain medical conditions. Most states also permit exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons.
Humana plunges as Medicare star rating cut threatens revenue
Medicare Advantage quality ratings for the company dropped, meaning a big drop in revenue from bonus payments.
Cancer patients in rural Maine continue to struggle with long travel times to treatment
Two of the state’s most rural counties are without a single oncology practice.
UMaine Machias to offer new nursing program via UMaine Augusta partnership
The Downeast Nursing Track will allow students to earn a bachelor’s in nursing from the Augusta college while going to school in Machias.
Driver thrown from street sweeper in crash with tractor-trailer in Coplin Plantation
Further information on the victim’s condition was not available.
Severe obesity is on the rise in the U.S.
It’s too soon to know whether new treatments for obesity, including blockbuster weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound, can help ease the epidemic.
West Nile virus found in Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Washington counties
Mosquito-borne illnesses have now been found in 13 of Maine’s 16 counties.
Americans can order free COVID-19 tests beginning this month
WASHINGTON — Starting this month, Americans will be able to order free COVID-19 test kits that will be mailed to their homes. U.S. households will be able to order as many as four nasal swab tests at COVIDTests.gov when the federal program reopens. The U.S. Health and Human Services agency overseeing the program has not […]
More than 2,300 people participate in 16th annual Dempsey Challenge
Patrick Dempsey could be seen rallying participants, biking, leading the survivor walk and meeting people at the Dempsey Challenge this year.