The disease may spread more easily spread among people but it seems to have a lower death rate, authorities said.
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EL grad to address Great Falls Forum on ALS research
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum on Friday will feature Dr. Brett Morrison, assistant professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins Medical School and a leading researcher on Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He is a 1988 graduate of Edward Little High School in Auburn and the son of Jane and Chip Morrison of Auburn. His talk is […]
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Epidemiologist says Maine not prepared for disease outbreaks
BANGOR — A Belfast-based epidemiologist and family physician who investigated infectious disease outbreaks for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that public hysteria and paranoia are not the answer when such crises emerge. A case in point was the recent furor over Ebola. Maine made international headlines when Kaci Hickox, a nurse who […]
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Franklin Memorial Hospital limits visits to maternal and child unit due to flu
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital is limiting visits by children during the flu season. For the safety of the babies on the Franklin Memorial Hospital Maternal and Child Health Unit, no children under the age of 12 are allowed in the unit this flu season, unless they are healthy siblings. All other visitors must also […]
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Health officials to host community forum on Ebola in Lewiston
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Central Maine Medical Center and United Ambulance will host a community forum on Ebola at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Franco Center at 46 Cedar St. Participants will learn what Ebola is, how a person can (and can’t) get it, what local hospitals and emergency […]
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N.H. patient likely died of rare brain disease
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Public health officials believe one person in New Hampshire has died of a rare, degenerative brain disease, and say there’s a remote chance up to 13 others in multiple states were exposed to the fatal illness through surgical equipment. Dr. Joseph Pepe, president of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, said officials […]
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B. Mears: Salute to the survivors
Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, cancer, leukemia — there are so many diseases. I was diagnosed earlier this year with one of those diseases and it was a life-changing experience. There are many different aspects to the various diseases and people find different ways to deal with such situations. Some can continue working, or they change […]
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Lobster shell disease inching into Gulf of Maine
ELLSWORTH — It is not like southern New England, where as much as a third of lobsters have been affected in recent years, but fishermen and scientists say there are signs that lobster shell disease is increasing in the Gulf of Maine. Water temperatures in the gulf historically have been colder than the coastal waters […]
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Lobster shell disease creeping northward to Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — A shell disease that has plagued the southern New England lobster industry for years by making lobsters unsightly and in some cases unmarketable appears to be creeping northward to the lobster-rich grounds off the coast of Maine. The number of lobsters suffering from shell disease remains tiny in Maine — only three […]