A UMaine pest specialist says the Lyme disease carriers were ‘quite fat and happy under the snow.’
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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Mercy Hospital to close substance abuse treatment center, cut 45 jobs
Losing the Westbrook center will reduce options for addiction treatment at a time when Maine overdose deaths are rising, and other hospitals could shut their units.
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Maine veterans of World War II pause to remember
‘I should have been killed so many times,’ says one Marine veteran who served in the Pacific.
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Maine veterans of World War II pause to remember
‘I should have been killed so many times,’ says one Marine veteran who served in the Pacific.
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Bill aims to reduce vaccine opt-outs for Maine students
A legislative panel votes Friday on a proposal to toughen the standard for parents seeking ‘philosophic’ opt-outs of vaccinations.
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Maine data show dangerous rates of unvaccinated students; See data by school
An analysis of school-by-school opt-out rates finds regional pockets of resistance, subverting ‘herd immunity’ and increasing the threat of an infectious outbreak.
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Maine lawmakers hear impassioned arguments on vaccination opt-outs
Rival sides pack hearings to take a stance on bills to limit or stop parents from declining shots because of philosophic objections.
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Maine bill would help patients buy opiates that deter addiction
Insurance companies could no longer charge extra for those drug versions, creating more chances to curtail the state’s addiction problem.
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A Maine teen has to ask: Is everyone in this room vaccinated?
The state’s high opt-out rate alarms those who rely on ‘herd immunity’ just to stay healthy, giving heft to a flurry of bills before the Legislature this week.
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Bill calls for state-based exchange to protect Mainers insured under Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this summer on whether residents of some states, including Maine, are eligible for subsidies.