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PublishedApril 10, 2022
Data Sheet: Prescription distribution
The Sun Journal analyzed data from Maine’s Prescription Monitoring Program from 2016 to 2021; and data from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System from 2006 to 2014.
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PublishedApril 10, 2022
Data Sheet: Fatal and nonfatal overdoses 2017-2021
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PublishedApril 10, 2022
At the root of an epidemic in Maine: a prescription pad
Twenty years after Purdue Pharma introduced its pain medication, OxyContin, Maine lawmakers passed a bill that significantly stemmed the flow of pain pills into the state. A Sun Journal investigation found the new restrictions may have been too little, too late: A generation of Mainers were already grappling with substance use disorder and a growing illicit drug trade was ready to meet the demand.
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PublishedApril 10, 2022
Methodology: Where the drug data came from
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PublishedApril 5, 2022
Antiviral pills help usher in new phase of COVID-19 pandemic
Brian Robbins of Lewiston says Paxlovid, which is currently available only for those at high risk, helped him recover from COVID-19 last month.
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PublishedApril 1, 2022
U.S. House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Democrats seek wider bill
For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2022
If you got J&J vaccine, consider two mRNA booster shots, data suggest
A new study shows that 3 doses of a messenger RNA vaccine perform the best, while a Johnson & Johnson vaccine followed by a messenger RNA booster shot is next best.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady as Maine reports 454 cases from weekend
Omicron BA.2, a subvariant that is more contagious and now the dominant strain nationally, makes up 10.4 percent of positive tests sampled in Maine.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2022
Moderna says its low-dose COVID-19 shots work for kids younger than 6
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2022
Portland-based nonprofit is sending medical supplies to Ukraine
Partners for World Health is shipping medical supplies - that hospitals and other facilities would otherwise throw out - to relief organizations.
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