HEALTH BEAT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Poor women seeking free cancer screenings are being turned away in some parts of New York state because this year's budget crunch has forced a $3.5 million cut to a program providing them.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire health officials said Wednesday a child in the Pelham area has died from complications from swine flu, the third such death in the state.
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Federal health experts said Wednesday an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine is safe and effective for infants and toddlers, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Physicans and breast cancer organizations in Maine say they are shocked by the new federal recommendations that women shouldn't get mammograms until they're 50.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Women in their 40s are reacting with confusion and skepticism over the recommendations of a government task force concerning mammograms.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital are implementing changes to the way visitors can access their buildings.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Australian neurosurgeons have begun a complicated surgery to separate twin sisters who are joined at the top of the head.
NEW YORK (NBC) -- A look at headlines involving H1N1, Baby Boomers and teens smoking hookahs.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House.
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) -- Kosovo's Health Ministry is reporting the country's first swine flu death in a 31-year-old man who was being treated in a hospital for the disease.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- State health officials say there's been a third death in Maine related to the H1N1 virus.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- As the health care debate rages on in Washington, some companies are finding a good way to cut costs is to spend a little more on wellness programs.
JONESPORT (NEWS CENTER) -- The Jonesport Elementary School, Beals Elementary School and Jonesport-Beals High School will be closed Tuesday because of high absentee rates amongst staff and students.
JACKMAN (NEWS CENTER)--Jackman Utility District has issued a boil water order for those who live north of town park
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Don't look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.
LEWISTON (NEWS CENTER) -- As more and more swine flu vaccine slowly makes its way into Maine, schools and hospitals are seeing a sharp increase in the number of people suspected to have the H1N1 virus.
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.
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