Health
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2022
Rep. Chellie Pingree tests positive for COVID-19
The congresswoman representing Maine's 1st District says she is experiencing mild symptoms.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2022
A line is drawn between protesters, patients outside Planned Parenthood in Portland
If protesters cross it, a new state law makes them vulnerable to incarceration and fines.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2022
Major fall COVID surge unlikely, but variants are a wild card
Infectious disease experts are guardedly optimistic that the reformulated COVID boosters and built-up immunity will prevent a fall surge.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2022
New COVID-19 booster shots coming to Maine
Maine is expected to receive 80,500 doses of new omicron-targeting booster shots within the next 2 weeks.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2022
U.S. advisers endorse updated COVID-19 shots for fall boosters
The original vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, especially among younger and healthier people, but those vaccines were designed to target the virus strain that circulated in early 2020.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2022
Maine playwright channels message about addiction into a musical
Michael Gorman lost his older brother to a drug overdose in 1998 and has been writing about addiction ever since. His latest production will be staged at Augusta's Colonial Theater this weekend.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2022
‘Zombie’ cells emerge as central to the quest for active, vital old age
About 100 companies, plus academic teams, are exploring drugs to target cells that have stopped dividing.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Tea drinkers enjoy possible health benefits, study suggests
Past studies in China and Japan, where green tea is popular, suggested health benefits. The new study extends the good news to black tea.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Marijuana use among young people in U.S. at record high, study says
Nearly 43% of people between the ages of 19 and 30 used cannabis in the past year, according to a report funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
Woman sues Vermont over residency requirement for assisted suicide
Vermont's law allowing some terminally ill patients to end their own lives shouldn't apply only to residents, says a Connecticut woman with cancer.
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