Not enough families know that their kids are getting sick from the state’s old housing stock.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine values mean that MaineCare needs to cover abortion care
Access to the full range of reproductive health options is vital to a woman’s ability to decide her own future.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Lawmakers advocate for improvements to Maine’s lead testing program
Bills before the Health and Human Services Committee would mandate testing for all of Maine’s 1- and 2-year-olds.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Augusta woman who found kidney donor makes signs for other Mainers who need transplants
Krystal Reardon, 44, who used signs last fall to help her find a kidney donor, is now using similar efforts to seek help for others.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: New outbreaks stir memories of long night with polio patient
Today’s parents can turn to their family care provider for reassurance about the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. experts revisit breast implant safety after new concerns
“It is essential we try to understand breast implant illness,” said Stephanie Manson Brown, an executive with implant maker Allergan.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Board of Northern Light Health approves plan to pursue merger
The health-care system’s CEO says joining forces with Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft will preserve access to quality care in rural Piscataquis County.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Give free market a chance to ease health care expenses
A columnist calling for universal health care overlooks the history of insurance policy in Maine.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Don’t allow anti-vaccination Mainers to keep putting other people’s kids at risk
Under a new bill, parents would still have the right to refuse shots for their children – but not the right to send them to school.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Schools and Education
Mumps case reported at York High School
The Maine Center for Disease Control said other students may have been exposed at the high school and at a basketball game at Massabesic High School.