The Food and Drug Administration decided to restrict Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine after taking another look at data on the risk of life-threatening blood clots within two weeks of vaccination.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Maine’s community college nursing programs to double enrollment thanks to $5 million funding boost
New funding from a public-private partnership between the state and two of Maine’s largest health care providers to allow the Maine Community College System to increase nursing enrollment as soon as this fall.
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Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Shocked but not surprised, advocates say they will continue to fight for Mainers’ abortion rights
Officials from Maine’s largest reproductive health care providers said that continued access to abortion care is dependent on who holds elected office.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
What would happen in Maine if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade?
A draft opinion leaked to Politico suggests a majority of justices on the court support overturning the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Nation / World
Sen. Collins calls draft abortion ruling ‘completely inconsistent’ with what Supreme Court nominees told her
Maine’s Republican senator is expected to face an angry backlash for her votes in favor of conservative justices based on their assurances that abortion access was settled law.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Jackman program seen as health care delivery model for rural regions
As medical services have retracted in rural places like Jackman, other options for delivering health care are constantly being evaluated, and a promising one in Somerset County features enhanced training so that paramedics can provide a higher degree of care.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Maine to update reimbursement rates to help struggling health centers
MaineCare’s reimbursement rates were set almost 20 years ago.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Maine’s rural population may explain fluctuations in COVID-19 wastewater levels
Scientists at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention hypothesize that levels of coronavirus found in wastewater collected in less densely populated parts of the state may fluctuate more than their more populous counterparts. But wastewater testing remains an important surveillance tool.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Nation / World, News
Maine Med will be reimbursed for testing its staff for COVID-19
FEMA funds will cover the cost of screening hospital workers between May 2020 and October 2021.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News
What do we know about the new omicron mutant?
A new omicron mutant that is a descendant of the earlier ‘stealth omicron’ has quickly gained ground in the United States