Health care
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PublishedJune 26, 2023
A daily pill may soon be available for treating obesity
Drugmaker Novo Nordisk plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the pills later this year.
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PublishedJune 26, 2023
LifeFlight planning to take off on land with new ambulance service
The helicopter medical service plans to buy 3 special ground ambulances for $1.92 million to relieve transportation pressures.
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PublishedJune 22, 2023
Wyoming’s first-in-the-nation abortion pill ban blocked before it was set to take effect
A judge ruled that attorneys for the state failed to show that allowing the ban to take effect on schedule wouldn’t harm the lawsuit’s plaintiffs before the case is resolved.
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PublishedJune 21, 2023
Maine’s childhood vaccination rate goes from one of nation’s lowest to one of the highest
Only medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations are permitted under the law that eliminated religious and philosophical opt-outs 2 years ago.
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PublishedJune 20, 2023
Judge rules Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors is unconstitutional
The ruling affects only the Arkansas ban but may carry implications for the fates of similar prohibitions, or discourage attempts to enact them, in other states.
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PublishedJune 19, 2023
More than 1 million people dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls
More than 93 million people were enrolled as of February.
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PublishedJune 19, 2023
Franklin Memorial Hospital will continue obstetric service, deliver babies if license changes
Hospital representatives intend to apply for Critical Access Hospital status and reduce its bed count from 65 to 25, if license changes.
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PublishedJune 18, 2023
Maine nurses split over whether state mandate of staff ratios would help
Some see the controversial bill in the Legislature as a means of improving working conditions at badly understaffed hospitals; others say the flexibility is what allows them to do their jobs.
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PublishedJune 16, 2023
U.S. Catholic bishops to create first guidelines for transgender health care
One in 7 U.S. hospital beds are in Catholic systems.
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PublishedJune 16, 2023
Dr. Mandy Cohen, former North Carolina official, will be new CDC director
She was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services from 2017 until last year.
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