Abortion-rights groups have gone to court seeking to restore abortion services in Kentucky.
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FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection
The Food and Drug Administration said the device, InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, was 91.2% accurate at identifying positive test samples and 99.3% accurate at identifying negative test samples.
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Pfizer to seek COVID booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose.
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COVID-19, overdoses pushed U.S. to highest death total ever
There were about 80,000 more deaths than 2020’s record-setting total.
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Mask rule for planes and trains still up in the air
A White House coronavirus-policy adviser says another extension is ‘on the table.’
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Can cancer blood tests live up to promise of saving lives?
A new type of blood test that checks for signs of cancer in healthy people has hit the market.
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Dr. Fauci says it’s up to each person to assess their COVID risk now
Health experts say many coronavirus cases are being missed, due in large part to more widespread home testing.
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‘Lucky to be alive right now’: Rumford man credits doctors, awareness, luck for avoiding addiction
Like many patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain, Todd Papianou, a high school teacher from Rumford, knows the thin line between life-saving and life-destroying medication.
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Data Sheet: Confirmed drug deaths
The Sun Journal analyzed annual confirmed drug death counts, from 1997 through September 2021, using data from drug death reports.
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Data Sheet: Prescription distribution
The Sun Journal analyzed data from Maine’s Prescription Monitoring Program from 2016 to 2021; and data from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System from 2006 to 2014.