Officials say the 2022 maternal death rate is on track to get close to pre-pandemic levels. But that’s not great: The rate before COVID-19 was the highest it had been in decades.
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What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?
In the latest effort to limit abortion access, opponents of the procedure are seeking to ban 1 of the 2 drugs used in combination in medication abortions.
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Chinese SARS whistleblower Jiang Yanyong dies at 91
The military doctor revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness.
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In nursing homes, impoverished residents live final days on pennies
A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.
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Long-used abortion pill in U.S. under threat in Texas lawsuit
A federal judge is being asked to revoke or suspend the FDA’s drug’s approval of the drug 23 years ago, an unprecedented challenge to the federal agency’s role.
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3 years later, the pandemic cocoon is giving way to social butterflies
Long after Maine’s first case of coronavirus, communal activities and gatherings are reaching pre-pandemic levels again, though troubling remnants of isolation persist.
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House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19
U.S. intelligence agencies are divided over whether a lab leak or a spillover from animals is the likely source of the deadly virus.
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Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it endangered their lives
The group wants clarification of the law, which they say is written vaguely and has made medical professionals wary of facing liability if the state does not consider the situation a medical emergency.
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Maine launches campaign to ensure MaineCare recipients don’t lose health insurance
Residents who lost MaineCare eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic were allowed to continue receiving it, but now they must obtain other health insurance.
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Foreign-trained health professionals could be part of the solution to a workforce shortage
The problem is physicians who have immigrated to Maine have a winding, expensive path to reclaiming positions they held elsewhere.