Liberia is a close trading partner with China, which has pledged $81 million to aid West Africa’s fight against the disease.
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Study says 70 percent of Americans with HIV don’t have disease in check
Younger people are more likely not to have HIV under control, the CDC says.
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Mainers with disabilities to gain Medicaid services in lawsuit settlement
The state has settled the class-action lawsuit filed last year on behalf of people with autism and intellectual disabilities who were waiting for services.
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Outspoken critic of Obamacare helped to turn LePage against state exchange
Michael F. Cannon predicted that relying on a federal exchange instead would force Congress to revisit the law.
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Togus VA system probed over allegations of shortcuts, omissions
An October memo by a federal watchdog agency outlines allegations that, if proven, would link Maine for the first time to issues similar to those at veterans hospitals nationwide.
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Central Maine business briefs
Doucette joins Bingham Area Dental Center; McKee, Billins named New England Super Lawyers; Augusta-Gardiner KOA wins awards
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Anthem passes rate hike for Maine’s ‘legacy’ policy holders
Individual health policy holders who predate the ACA, more than 11,000 of them, will have an average premium increase of 13.4 percent
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Maine groups aiding health care enrollees cite heavy interest
The flood of new people applying for coverage stands in stark contrast to last year’s glitch-plagued rollout of the health insurance program.
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Six Mainers pair up to donate and receive kidneys
The state’s largest chain of donors and transplants participated in a marathon day of surgeries at Maine Medical Center Nov. 4.
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Nurses at UMA seminar told nursing must get back to caring
The University of Maine at Augusta and MaineGeneral Health sponsored a day-long program Monday run by the former dean of the University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing.