Health care
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2023
Children are ‘languishing’ in hospitals while waiting for mental health services, providers say
Children with mental and behavioral health needs end up 'languishing' in hospitals for months on end thanks to long waiting lists and administrative barriers to treatment.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2023
Fetterman case highlights common link between stroke, depression
Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman is seeking treatment for severe depression months after having a stroke.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Bill to add substance use disorder as a cause of death sets ‘terrible precedent,’ medical examiner says
The bill would mandate listing substance use disorder as the cause of death when applicable, but Maine's chief medical examiner said it's a bad idea.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2023
Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit
The FDA approved mifepristone – in combination with a second drug – in 2000 as a safe and effective method for ending a pregnancy.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2023
CVS spends $10.6 billion to buy Oak Street Health
The rapid expansion in value-based care is an approach to medicine that is growing popular with bill payers like Medicare.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2023
Some Florida high school athletes leery of being made to reveal menstrual cycles
The proposal, which is to be considered by the state's athletic association, has ignited a political furor at a time when the overturning of Roe v. Wade has moved women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy to the center of debate.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2023
Fentanyl, the fast-acting and incredibly lethal opioid, killed more than 500 Mainers last year
Fentanyl is sometimes referred to as the "instant death," an official from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2023
President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
The Biden administration had previously considered ending the emergency last year, but held off amid concerns about a potential 'winter surge' in cases.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2023
Bill seeking to repeal fire code exemption for recovery residences would be devastating, opponents say
The fallout from a bill that would repeal an exemption in fire code regulations and require recovery residences to install sprinkler systems would be devastating for Maine’s recovery community, operators and advocates told lawmakers at a public hearing Monday.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2023
Gov. Mills nominates director of new health care agency
Meg Garratt-Reed has been nominated to be executive director of the Office of Affordable Health Care.
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