Hundreds of U.S. communities have enacted “crime-free” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict tenants after repeated calls to police or for emergency services.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, Maine Crime
Drug overdose deaths declined by 16% in Maine in 2023
It was the first year-over-year decline since 2018.
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, Politics
Task force calls for reforms to regulate hidden hospital fees
A group, formed in response to a Press Herald investigation, recommends changes to Maine law to address often confusing and frustrating hospital billing practices.
Posted inHealth
Maine’s new CDC director is expanding public health workforce, access, mission
Six months into her tenure, Dr. Puthiery Va has brought on more public health nurses to improve access to disease prevention programs.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine leaders ask U.S. Supreme Court to remove abortion pill restrictions
Attorney General Aaron Frey and Gov. Janet Mills join 23 other states in asking the justices to protect access to mifepristone.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. hasn’t seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950. Other STD rates down or flat
It continues to have a disproportionate impact on gay and bisexual men but is expanding in heterosexual men and women, and increasingly affecting newborns, too, CDC officials say.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Influenza cases remain steady in Maine
Maine has not seen the high levels of flu cases recently reported in other parts of the U.S.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They’re a safety net under stress
The clinics serve as a critical safety net in every state and U.S. territory for low-income people of all ages.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
St. Mary’s hospital seeks state funds to cover part of its financial deficit, fund new program
The funding could mean the difference between the hospital expanding the type of behavioral health services it offers and closing behavioral health programs.
Posted inHealth
Texas had estimated 26,000 pregnancies from rape since total abortion ban
Meanwhile, nationwide abortions have slightly increased, while travel for abortions more than doubled, according to new research published Wednesday.