Health
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PublishedJune 1, 2022
Pfizer to conduct Lyme disease vaccine trial in Maine
The trial, held at Northern Light Health system in Brewer, will span over 13 months and require patients to take 2 shots 2 months apart.
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PublishedJune 1, 2022
Pressure growing to remove contaminant PFAS from fast food wrappers
Environmental and health groups are pushing dozens of companies to remove PFAS from their packaging. Maine has a law banning PFAS from being purposely added to food packaging.
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PublishedMay 31, 2022
Maine reports first flu-related death of child in more than 2 years
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported the child's death on Tuesday, but didn't give the child's age or date of death.
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PublishedMay 29, 2022
Maine leads the nation in second COVID-19 booster shots, Shah says
The Maine CDC reported that 162 people were hospitalized statewide with the coronavirus on Sunday, down four from the day before.
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PublishedMay 25, 2022
FDA chief under fire for slow response to baby formula shortage
The shortage mostly stems from Abbott Nutrition's Michigan plant, which the Food and Drug Administration shut down in February due to contamination issues.
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PublishedMay 23, 2022
Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children
The illnesses are considered rare, and the best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn't known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids.
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PublishedMay 23, 2022
Monkeypox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe, expert says
The monkeypox cases so far have been mild, and WHO officials describe the outbreak as 'containable' and cautioned against stigmatizing affected groups, saying the disease can infect anyone.
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PublishedMay 23, 2022
Pfizer says 3 low-dose COVID shots protect children under 5
The 18 million children under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
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PublishedMay 23, 2022
Marijuana labeling system ‘not an effective or safe way’ to detail what’s inside the products, study finds
Researchers say the common practice of just describing the effect of different strains obscures the diversity of chemicals and that a standard 'weed labeling system' is needed.
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PublishedMay 22, 2022
WHO chief: The COVID pandemic is ‘most certainly not over’
Despite a decline in reported cases, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says of the virus, "It's not over anywhere until it's over everywhere.'
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