Patients at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston and St. Joseph Healthcare in Bangor could be eligible for cash payments. With a centralmaine.com subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. Covenant Health, which owns hospitals in Lewiston and…
AUGUSTA — After careful consideration and extensive evaluation of available resources, the Maine Hospice Council Board members have made the difficult decision to cease operations and close the organization effective Oct. 17. Referring to her one-on-one work with people, public speaking and…
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - For the first time in over two decades, the Bangor Fire Department is expanding its ambulance fleet to keep up with record call volumes. Following a four-month pilot program, the department officially put a fourth staffed ambulance…
A ban on freely transporting wood from areas of Maine infested by emerald ash borer will remain in effect after tribal governments and conservation groups protested a state plan to ease restrictions. State Horticulturist Gary Fish said a proposal to…
A new state workforce report projects thousands of annual job openings in the healthcare sector over the next decade as it continues to be one of the fastest growing industries in Maine. The Maine Department of Labor report finds healthcare…
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services will hold a public hearing on Prime Healthcare as part of its review of the organization. The state approved Prime Healthcare Foundation’s purchase of Central Maine Healthcare earlier this year, and the company…
The state will hold a public hearing to determine whether Prime Healthcare Foundation is meeting staffing and care standards in operating Central Maine Healthcare, which includes Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and several other facilities. Compliance with those agreements…
Officials with the Maine Hospice Council said the decision to close the nonprofit after 40 years of service was based on a lack of funding. "We did receive a certain amount of money appropriated to the Maine Hospice Council on a…
It’s been five years since the state of Maine repealed philosophical and religious exemptions to the vaccine requirement to attend public schools. Since then, the Department of Education says 200 students have been dropped because of their vaccination status. Another 7,000 have…
Some Maine physicians are criticizing U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Junior's latest plan to establish a clinic to study vaccine injuries. Dr. Laura Blaisdell is the co-chair of the Maine Immunization Coalition. "When you put vaccine and injury together, in two…
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