In a letter to parents, the principal says the school is disinfecting and cleaning surfaces.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine ballot initiative for elderly home care flawed, unconstitutional, opponents say
The state’s voters will decide this November whether to impose a new tax on Mainers earning more than $128,400 a year to pay for home care services seniors and the disabled.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We must demand that legislators fund care for those with substance use disorder
Public health interventions save lives, but more friends and family will die if we don’t pay for them now.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
CDC: Illnesses caused by ticks, mosquitoes, fleas have surged
The CDC data revealed 96,075 infections from ticks, mosquitoes and fleas in 2016 nationwide, compared with 27,388 in 2004.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Two Maine men plead not guilty to federal health care fraud charges
Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, of Lewiston and Garat Osman, 32, of Auburn, who served as Somali interpreters, stand accused of accepting kickbacks for directing patients to a certain provider.
Posted inNation & World, News
British court rules against parents of terminally ill toddler
The parents of Alfie Evans, who has been removed from life support, want to take their 23-month-old son to Italy to be treated at the Vatican’s children’s hospital.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Wondering why that pill costs $1,000? Proposal would give you access to details
As it now stands in Maine, drug makers are under no obligation to reveal their own production costs.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Sanford schools report outbreak of whooping cough, a stubborn public health problem in Maine
At least 6 cases of pertussis are reported at the city’s primary school and junior high school and parents are being warned to get booster vaccinations for their children.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: How the Hyde Amendment preventing abortion coverage hurt my family
It should not be a politician’s place to decide when, how or why a woman gets an abortion, says a Mainer who lost a much-wanted pregnancy.
Posted inMaine, News
Press Herald’s ‘Lost’ series on heroin crisis a finalist for national excellence award
The 10-part report is among 10 print finalists for health care institute recognition, along with The Washington Post, The New York Times, ProPublica and others.