Lawmakers hold a public hearing on L.D. 1, which would waive all copayments for testing and vaccinations.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Nation mourns 500,000 COVID deaths
Our worst disease outbreak in a century is still taking too many lives.
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Posted inHealth, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Four employees at Augusta kidney clinic expecting boys
Allyson Barter, Becky Berthiaume, Chelsea Rousseau and Cortney Gould of Fresenius Kidney Care are due in May or June.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
MaineHealth receives $12.8 million grant for rural health care research
It will use the funds, from the National Institutes of Health, to study ways to reduce the disparity in health care quality between urban and rural areas of the state.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Insight: Rural health care in crisis
Here are five reforms the Biden administration can enact to turn around troubling trends.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
MaineHealth names Virginia medical executive as its next CEO
Dr. Andrew T. Mueller of Virginia-based Centra Health will replace current CEO Bill Caron when he retires this spring.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Seeing the immune-suppressed in the COVID pandemic
For people with invisible illnesses like Crohn’s disease to become a priority when vaccines are allocated, our stories need to be told.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Q&A: I’m a seasonal Maine resident. Can I still get a COVID-19 vaccine here?
From ‘snowbirds’ to the evolving thinking over vaccination age groups, we answer questions about the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Should workers wary of COVID-19 vaccines be forced to take one for the team?
Maine employers, like those across the world, are wrestling with the choice of whether to impose vaccination mandates for their workers.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
MaineHealth officials: Omnibus package reflects leadership of Maine’s senators
Federal support is critical to ensure that we can maintain access to needed health care in the 11 Maine counties we serve.