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A report released earlier this month proposes a sponsorship program pairing immigrants with medical backgrounds with Maine's teaching hospitals.
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The state's newly created Office of Affordable Health Care held its first public hearing today, highlighting the barriers that block access to medical care.
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Save NMMC members have been skeptical of the hospital's claims that it is struggling; some more sympathetic to the hospital say its struggles are no different than what other rural hospitals face.
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As the healthcare sector in Maine faces a shortage of workers made even worse by the pandemic, the Mills Administration is rolling out a new initiative designed to recruit and retain workers.
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"I remember when I first started, I would leave work excited to come back. But recently, over the last few years, that's become rare and you end up leaving your shift, not wanting to come back."
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A CDC survey released in November shows that only 63% of health care workers are ready to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Concern about speed and political interference are contributing to the hesitancy.
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President Trump promised to end America's opioid crisis. On his watch overdose deaths flattened in 2018 then surged again to record levels.
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With the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, anti-abortion activists hope for a world where ending an unwanted pregnancy is not an option.
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Though the Trump administration is trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act in court, it's vowed that people with health problems will still be able to get insured. Here's why that could be tricky.
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The trial studied the efficacy of bamlanivimab in combination with the antiviral remdesivir on hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Researchers concluded the antibody treatment was "unlikely to help."