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18h ago
The law, a watered-down version of the original legislation, requires health care facilities to post signs to let patients know that facility fees are being charged ..read more
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18h ago
A group of emergency medical personnel challenged the 2021 vaccine mandate, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court says a state board had full authority to impose the rule ..read more
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2d ago
It was unclear whether members of the conservative majority were swayed by the Biden administration's argument that federal law overrides the state in rare emergency cases where a pregnant patient's health is at serious risk ..read more
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2d ago
Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions ..read more
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3d ago
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 ..read more
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3d ago
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 ..read more
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3d ago
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 ..read more
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5d ago
After an initial crackdown and decline, the rate of the powerful medications given to nursing home residents has ticked back up in recent years ..read more
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1w ago
The measure now goes to Gov. Janet Mills, who has not yet taken a position on the bill ..read more
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1w ago
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 ..read more