Coronavirus has compounded the statewide problem that existed before its onset as it attacks EMTs and those training for the service.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Insight: Nothing will be easy about COVID vaccine
Buying doses for everyone on Earth, storing the vaccine, shipping it and administering it will be difficult and expensive.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Calais hospital workers reach labor agreement, averting strike
A dispute over leadership and working conditions had led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
During pandemic, Calais hospital workers call 2-day strike
A dispute over leadership and working conditions has led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Hospitals compete for nurses as U.S. coronavirus cases surge
Adding to the strain, experienced nurses are ‘burned out with this whole (pandemic)’ and some are quitting, one nurse in Michigan reports.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Schools and Education
UMaine System retirees picket, plan legal action over benefits change
The Maine Education Association says changes to health insurance plans were made without consultation with unions and against signed contracts between the system and retired employees.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Hospitals and nursing homes need aid from the state
Other states have released federal funds to health care providers, but so far Maine has not.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Maine’s Senate race: Health care divides candidates, remains a hot issue on the campaign trail
The four Maine contenders for U.S. Senate each have different takes on what’s needed to improve America’s health care system.
Posted inHealth, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
New Maine veterans task force works to reduce suicide by firearms, medication
The Maine Safer Homes Taskforce will distribute information related to gun and medication safety, hoping to curtail the state’s higher-than-average rate of death by suicide in veterans.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Prominent Maine doctor sues elder care operator claiming retaliation, discrimination
Dr. Jabbar Fazeli was medical director of a group of assisted-living facilities that he says mistreated him for being Muslim, then dismissed him for disagreeing with its treatment practices.