Health care
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PublishedDecember 20, 2021
Seeking a COVID-19 test before the holiday? It won’t be easy
Finding a test in a timely fashion has become all but impossible in Maine as demand has soared.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2021
Prominent Maine dentist was removed from association prior to his suicide
Dr. Jonathan Shenkin, 50, died by suicide on Aug. 23, a day after he lost his post on the Maine Dental Association.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2021
Mercy Hospital ready to complete move to new campus by Jan. 4
The hospital that has served Greater Portland since the 1918 Spanish flu will close its historic State Street campus, moving patients and staff to a new facility on the Fore River.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2021
Some hospital workers raise alarms over lack of dedicated COVID-19 paid sick time
Nurses at MaineGeneral that get sick with COVID-19 and miss work must use their earned time off to be paid, officials said.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2021
Justice Department asks high court to allow vaccine mandate
At issue before the Supreme Court is a rule published Nov. 5 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid that applies to a wide range of health care providers that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid funding.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2021
Pfizer to test 3rd dose of coronavirus vaccine in children under 5 after two-dose regimen falls short
Results from the modified trials in children as young as 6 months old are expected in the first half of 2022.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2021
CDC says ‘test-to-stay’ can safely replace quarantine for students
U.S. health officials are endorsing policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2021
Maine reports its first cases of the fast-spreading omicron variant
The detection of the fast-spreading coronavirus variant came on the same day state health officials reported 1,150 cases of COVID-19 and 25 additional deaths.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2021
U.S. regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill
Physicians who prescribe the drug, mifepristone, will have to certify that they can provide emergency care to deal with its potential side effects, including excessive bleeding, FDA officials said Thursday.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2021
Pressure builds against doctors peddling false virus claims
At least a dozen regulatory boards recently issued sanctions against some doctors, but many of the most prolific promoters of COVID-19 falsehoods still have unblemished medical licenses.
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