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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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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
If you think your heart’s not in it, avoid shoveling wet, heavy snow
Shoveling involves a mix of activities that can strain the heart of someone with preexisting conditions that are often warning signs of a heart problem.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2023
FDA’s advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations
The Food and Drug Administration asked its scientific advisers Thursday to help lay the groundwork for switching to once-a-year boosters for most Americans.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2023
Number of Mainers who died from a drug overdose last year outpaced record set in 2021
Significantly impacting fatal overdoses is the introduction of xylazine and nonpharmaceutical tramadol. Both drugs showed up on toxicology reports for the first time in 2021, almost always in combination with fentanyl.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2023
Bill would extend MaineCare health coverage to all low-income noncitizens
House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross submitted a similar bill last session, but it did not advance out of committee after Gov. Janet Mills funded a smaller expansion, limited to noncitizens who are pregnant or under the age of 21.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2023
U.S. proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans
U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2023
Lesion removed from Jill Biden’s eyelid was non-cancerous
The White House says a lesion removed by surgeons from first lady Jill Biden’s left eyelid was a 'very common, totally harmless, non-cancerous growth.'
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2023
Making pig livers humanlike are part of quest to ease organ shortage
If tests on using a bioengineered organ as a human 'liver assist' work, it would be a critical step toward eventually attempting a bioengineered organ transplant – probably a kidney.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2023
Panel recommends increases in funding, benefits to boost EMS in Maine
A report from the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Emergency Medical Services calls for more than $70 million in state funding per year.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
House Republicans push anti-abortion measures with new majority
In the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Americans elected Senate Democrats 'to be a firewall' against what he said are Republicans’ extreme views.
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