HEALTH BEAT
FALMOUTH (NEWS CENTER) -- The line stretched outside of the RiteAid store on route one and started forming two hours before the flu clinic was scheduled to begin.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- While Maine isn't seeing a widespread outbreak of swine flu, officials say that could change at any time, and businesses should be ready if it happens.
AUGUSTA (AP) -- A report by a nonprofit advocacy group says 10,440 children in the United States died from abuse and neglect between 2001 and 2007. Experts say the real number may be much higher.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- School lunches need more fruits, veggies and whole grains and a limit on calories, says a report urging an update of the nation's 14-year-old standards for cafeteria fare.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The latest government information shows swine flu continues to be most dangerous to kids and younger adults and is largely bypassing the elderly.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Plum Organics is recalling some of its apple and carrot portable pouch baby food because of concerns over possible botulism contamination.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine Center for Disease Control says a young adult in Penobscot County is the second person to die in Maine from the H1N1 Influenza.
NEW YORK (NBC) -- There's fresh anger over the shortage of H1N1 vaccines after reports several Wall Street firms have already received doses, ahead of many hospitals.
AUGUSTA (AP) -- Maine's public health director says swine flu's been confirmed in all 16 of the state's counties and vaccination clinics are continuing in scores of schools.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Mercy Hospital's Oncology Hematology Center is opening its doors to help the public learn more about how to prevent cancer.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- On Friday November 6, hundreds of people in Greater Portland will be able to get either a cleaning or a filling or an extraction at no charge.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor is treating trauma patients more efficiently with the help of technology.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year's unprecedented program to watch for possible side effects.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- The Bangor Region Influenza Coalition has scheduled a second H1N1 and seasonal flu shot clinic for Wednesday, November 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bangor Civic Center.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Independent health advisers will begin monitoring the safety of the swine flu vaccine Monday.
(NBC) -- Healthbeat Headlines
ATLANTA (AP) -- Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths -- the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says new health care legislation will make affordable, quality health care available to nearly all Americans and represents a historic step.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine CDC offficials say there is not enough H1N1 vaccine available right now to protect who are the most at risk of developing complications if they contract the disease.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- The wait Wednesday morning at the Bangor Civic Center for a flu vaccine was long for some people, but most everyone agreed it was worth it.
WASHINGTON (NEWS CENTER) -- Federal health officials say they are trying to ease concerns over the shortage of the H1N1 vaccines.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- The Bangor Region Influenza Coalition has announced it is holding two flu shot clinics at the Bangor Civic Center. They are for school age children in kindergarten through high school.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says vaccine for the swine flu virus "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are expected to make some key decisions this week about long-delayed health care reform bills.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Amber Meyer doesn't need university studies or proclamations from experts to tell her something's wrong with the U.S. food system.
BOSTON (AP) -- Churches across Massachusetts are planning to ring their bells 350 times to bring attention to the threat of global climate change.
NEWINGTON, N.H. (AP) -- State and federal scientists will be releasing dye into wastewater treatment plants along the Piscataqua River starting Tuesday to study its flow along the New Hampshire, Maine border.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Federal health officials say swine flu is more widespread now than it's ever been.
Play Video
Comments 
