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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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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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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More information needed on legality, feasibility of bill that would repeal recovery residence exemption in fire code, lawmakers say
A bill before the Legislature could reclassify recovery residences and force some to close, worsening an already difficult housing situation in the state, some lawmakers fear.
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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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Rumford Hospital is ending its maternity services
Maternity services at the 25-bed critical access hospital in Oxford County will end March 31, Central Maine Healthcare officials announced Thursday.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Lewiston High School, Bates College students help launch domestic abuse awareness campaign
Lewiston High School and Bates College students helped launch Finding Our Voices’ second annual poster campaign raising awareness of intimate partner violence.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
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.
Posted inHealth, Maine
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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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.