Health care
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PublishedApril 24, 2024
The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Court
Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions.
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PublishedApril 23, 2024
Maine reaches a milestone for school-required vaccinations
The state's K-12 schools reached 'herd immunity' – when at least 95% of a population is vaccinated – for the first time since 2011, health officials said Tuesday.
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PublishedApril 23, 2024
New federal staffing mandates pose challenges for Maine nursing homes
Critics say the minimum staffing levels are unrealistic and an unfunded mandate that will further burden the state's nursing homes, many of which are at risk of closing or downsizing because of worker shortages.
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PublishedApril 23, 2024
Gov. Mills signs bill protecting providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
The proposal drew significant debate in the Legislature this session as well as opposition from out-of-state Republican attorneys general who called it 'constitutionally defective.'
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Madison residents, officials object to planned clinic offering methadone
Acadia Healthcare is under contract to buy 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store, where it plans to open a behavioral health clinic offering medication-assisted treatment and other services.
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PublishedApril 21, 2024
Use of antipsychotics in Maine nursing homes increases
After an initial crackdown and decline, the rate of the powerful medications given to nursing home residents has ticked back up in recent years.
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PublishedApril 19, 2024
Maine lawmakers approve slimmed-down version of hospital facility fee bill
The measure now goes to Gov. Janet Mills, who has not yet taken a position on the bill.
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
A blood test to detect cancer? Some patients are using them already.
These new cancer detection blood tests – about 20 are in various stages of development – measure cancer 'signals,' which are biological substances shed by cancers such as fragments of tumor DNA.
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PublishedApril 15, 2024
St. Mary’s hospital in Lewiston to close oncology practice
St. Mary's Health System has cut back on staff and services over the last few years amid significant financial deficits.
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PublishedApril 15, 2024
York Hospital worries about losing funding because of rate reforms in Maine’s budget
On Friday, Democratic leaders in the Legislature said they had agreed to protect the hospital through fixes in the supplemental budget. But more votes are still to come.
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