The measure now goes to Gov. Janet Mills, who has not yet taken a position on the bill.
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A blood test to detect cancer? Some patients are using them already.
These new cancer detection blood tests – about 20 are in various stages of development – measure cancer ‘signals,’ which are biological substances shed by cancers such as fragments of tumor DNA.
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, News
St. Mary’s hospital in Lewiston to close oncology practice
St. Mary’s Health System has cut back on staff and services over the last few years amid significant financial deficits.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
Measles cases in U.S. up in 2024. What’s driving the increase?
There have been 17 times as many U.S. measles cases in the first 3 months of this year compared with the average number seen in the first 3 months of the previous 3 years.
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Arizona can enforce 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says
It provides no exceptions for rape or incest, but allows abortions if a mother’s life is in danger.
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Trump says abortion should be left to states, declines to endorse national ban
The former president also says he’s ‘proudly the person responsible for the ending’ of the constitutional right to an abortion and thanks the conservative justices who overturned it.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
New evaluation methods threaten organ donation in Maine and New England
The rules are intended to reform a system lawmakers and advocates say is plagued by corruption and inefficiency.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
St. Mary’s Health System funding gets approval from Legislature
Spurwink is approved for funding to acquire Tri-County Mental Health Services.
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The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant
The announcement comes a day after Texas health officials said a person had been diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows presumed to be infected.
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Spurwink acquires Tri-County Mental Health Services
Tri-County has offices in Lewiston, Farmington, Bridgton, Rumford and Oxford.