Planned Parenthood Northern New England and Maine Family Planning continued to provide abortion information to clients, but said the Trump-era rule denied them millions of dollars in federal funding.
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Biden lifts Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics
The new regulation will restore the federal family planning program to the way it ran under the Obama administration, when clinics were able to refer women seeking abortions to a provider.
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Maine launching state-run health insurance marketplace for 2022 enrollment
The new website, coverme.gov, replaces healthcare.gov for purchasing insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
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COVID-19 vaccinations in Maine increased by 87% last week
The jump over the previous week was driven largely by third doses for older and immunocompromised Mainers. But the timing suggests that the Oct. 1 deadline for health care workers to get vaccinated also was a factor.
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Doctors nationwide growing frustrated over COVID-19 denial, misinformation
Front-line medical workers are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation in treating unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge.
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Maine hospitals have fewer than 200 COVID patients for the first time in nearly 3 weeks
As of Monday, 192 people in Maine were in the hospital, including 61 in critical care.
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California pushes first U.S. vaccine mandate for schoolchildren
Gov. Gavin Newsom says the requirement won’t take effect for all children until the U.S. government has finished fully vetting the COVID-19 vaccine for two age groups – 12 to 15 and 5 to 11.
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Maine pharmacists flag ivermectin prescriptions from people seeking drug for COVID-19
The drug is intended to target infections caused by some parasitic worms in humans and animals, but many are seeking prescriptions because they believe it can ward off or treat COVID-19.
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Maine author says father died after COVID-19 exposure in Bangor hospital
Christina Baker Kline says the virus was not the ultimate cause of her father’s death, but ‘he died in quarantine with COVID with multiple infections that he got in the hospital as the result of COVID-related delays.’
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Health experts look to children as messengers to encourage more COVID-19 vaccinations
Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, says informing youngsters of vaccine benefits could lead them to prod wary parents to get vaccinated.