The winding down of the Biden administration’s coronavirus response highlights long-standing vulnerabilities of system that fails to provide reliable information in disease outbreaks, experts warn.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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Women should start getting mammograms at 40, panel says, in a shift in guidance
An influential panel intends to recommend that U.S. women begin mammograms to screen for breast cancer at 40 and continue getting them once every 2 years until age 75.
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Most U.S. adults say the abortion pill mifepristone should stay on the market, poll finds
The Post-ABC survey finds that 66% of U.S. adults say mifepristone should remain on the market, while 24% say it should be taken off the market.
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Over-the-counter birth control pill faces FDA questions
Opill could become the first contraceptive pill to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter onto store shelves or online.
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With COVID-19 public health emergency ending, Maine CDC website to stop updating vaccination numbers
The state will still update COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths.
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Maine child tests positive for measles – state’s 1st case since 2019
The state is working to notify anyone who might have come into contact with the unidentified child.
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Disease experts warn White House of potential omicron-like wave
Senior officials have emphasized the need to implement more public health protections to guard against the next viral threat, even as political will and funding fade along with the threat of the coronavirus.
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WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer global emergency
The pandemic has been on a downward trend for more than a year, and most countries have returned to life before COVID-19.
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Birth control pills aren’t available over the counter in U.S. That could change.
For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to allow a daily contraceptive to be sold over the counter.
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U.S. approves first vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts
The move sets the stage for adults 60 and older to get vaccinated this fall.