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Siemens Healthineers forms theranostics research collaboration with MGH
Medical Device Network
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June 23, 2025
Siemens Healthineers has struck a research partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US to establish a Therapy Command Center. This centre is designed to implement theranostics across the hospital and its facilities in...
Worst Invasive Plants in Maine to Reconsider Planting
AOL
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Image Credit: Shutterstock.From the coast to mountains and from mild climates to nearly arctic conditions, Maine encompasses more than a hundred types of habitats, home to some 1,500 native plants. Unfortunately, these varied habitats also provide...
Don't touch: large jellyfish washes ashore in Maine
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 23, 2025
A large lion's mane jellyfish washed ashore in South Portland over the weekend.City officials say the nearly 5-foot-wide jellyfish was spotted at Willard Beach, which is an exceptionally large specimen for this area.Maine's Total Coverage has also...
Celebrities raise funds for Maine charities at Drive Fore Kids Golf Tournament
FOX 23 - Maine
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FALMOUTH, Maine (WGME) -- Celebrities hit the links in Falmouth on Sunday for the 3rd annual Drive Fore Kids Golf Tournament. Dozens of celebrities and athletes helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for two Maine charities. The event supports...
Siemens Healthineers Announces Theranostics Research Collaboration With MGH
MedEdge MEA
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June 23, 2025
Siemens Healthineers Molecular Imaging has entered into a research collaboration with leading healthcare institution Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to support the use of theranostics. The ability to diagnose disease with one...
How many H-1B petitions approved for employers classified under the Health Care and Social Assistance industry in Portland Maine News publication area during 2024?
Portland Maine News
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June 23, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadership/ur-m-jaddou-director-us-citizenship-and-immigration-servicesUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship...
Federal Government Issues Warning For Travelers in Maine, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts
B98.5 - Maine
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June 23, 2025
Those of us who watch the news know that there is always some kind of conflict going on somewhere in the world. However, the incidents of the last few days have been kind of chilling for those of us who live in the United States. We are normally...
How Universities Would Overhaul Research Funding
Inside Higher Ed
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After the National Institutes of Health tried earlier this year to cut funding for universities’ costs indirectly related to research and set off alarm bells across higher education, 10 higher education associations decided to come up with their...
What’s next in Donald Trump’s battle with Maine over transgender athletes
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 23, 2025
President Donald Trump has targeted Maine for months over its transgender athlete policies, and another milestone in the fight came over the past two weeks when state lawmakers defeated several proposals to ban transgender girls from female sports...
With sunshine and batteries, Maine oyster growers are starting to electrify operations
News Center Maine
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June 22, 2025
But the transition has been aided by federal support, which is at risk. PORTLAND, Maine — From a distance, what appears to be an old pontoon boat with a shade canopy was tugging at its mooring near an island in Casco Bay. Up close, the retrofitted...
She was a quiet bird expert. Then she was called to investigate a murder in Maine.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“What’s these houses?” Laybourne asked the detective, her gravelly North Carolina drawl weighing down every syllable. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. “They’re brooder...
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine names new members to the board of trustees
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Saint Joseph's College of Maine has appointed seven individuals to its board of trustees, adding leadership expertise from business, education, health care and nonprofit fields. Photo / Courtesy Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Bernice Bradin...
Supreme Courtâs silence deepens fight for health freedom in Maine vaccine case
Natural News
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June 22, 2025
Supreme Court refuses to review Maine healthcare workers’ religious exemption case, denying them recourse after being fired for unvaccinated status. Courts increasingly dismiss challenges to vaccine mandates as “moot,” eroding religious freedom...
New Research: Childhood Vaccination Rates Drop Across 1,600 U.S. Counties
The Good Men Project - California
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June 23, 2025
By Amanda Geduld, The 74 This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. Childhood vaccination rates have markedly declined across the...
I used to trap bears for research. Now I do it for meat.
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 22, 2025
In the spring of 2010, I walked up to sedate my first bear in a trap in Down East Maine. It was a 130-pound female that lunged toward me and woofed. It was intimidating, but thrilling. Today, 15 years later, it’s still exciting to see a bear in...
With sunshine and batteries, Maine oyster growers are starting to electrify their operations
The Maine Monitor
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June 22, 2025
From a distance, what appears to be an old pontoon boat with a shade canopy was tugging at its mooring near an island in Casco Bay. Up close, the retrofitted pontoon is actually something quite new: An oyster-processing barge that operates without...
Rejecting Trump’s rhetoric, Maine’s governor heads to Maritimes to build ties
CityNews Halifax
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June 21, 2025
HALIFAX — Maine’s governor is heading to the Maritimes next week with hopes a charm offensive will slow the rapid drop in Canadian tourist visits to her state. In a release issued Friday, Janet Mills says she’s aware the historically close...
UMass climate scientists reeling as Trump administration slashes funding for research
Daily Hampshire Gazette - Massachusetts
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June 20, 2025
AMHERST — Graduate student Josie Pilchik’s career plans dissolved with just one email. As a UMass PhD student in the United States Geological Survey’s S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory in Turner Falls, Pilchik had spent the better...
Paper mills in Maine and across the U.S. releasing more greenhouse gases than federal data shows
The Maine Monitor
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June 21, 2025
Two of Maine’s largest paper mills are among the dirtiest in the country, according to a new study on U.S. pulp and paper plants, putting their emissions on par with some oil refineries. The May report from the Environmental Integrity Project, a...
Conditions are perfect in the Maine woods for moose-killing ticks
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 21, 2025
Brandon Bishop remembers vividly the first time he saw a dead moose infested with thousands of ticks. The registered Maine Guide was snowmobiling in the north woods in 2012 and within a week found a dozen carcasses, mostly of calves, lying in the...