Jackie Farwell, Bangor Daily News

Jackie Farwell

Bangor Daily News

Portland, ME, United States

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See if kindergartners are vaccinated against measles at your school — Maine Focus — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Vaccination rates against measles are worryingly low at about half of Maine schools with kindergarten classrooms.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Mills seeks new director to oversee troubled child welfare system — Maine Focus — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

The state’s Office of Child and Family Services has lacked a permanent director since April 2017.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

A young girl had to leave Maine for mental health care. It’s been 6 months. — Maine Focus — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

The girl is among an increasing number of children with mental health and behavioral needs that Maine is sending to facilities out of state.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Record number of Maine nursing homes closed this year, displacing hundreds — Maine Focus — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

By 2030, nearly a third of Maine’s population is projected to be over age 65. Yet the state has fewer nursing home beds than other states, and it saw six homes close in 2018. → Read More

Running your generator safely? You might not know these poisoning risks — Health — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Generators spit out an alarming amount of carbon monoxide. Just one can produce the same amount as 100 cars.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Thousands of Maine kids rely on this health insurance with an uncertain future

While everyone was busy debating the Affordable Care Act last week, the future of another far less controversial health program fell into doubt. Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which has long attracted broad bipartisan support, lapsed on Sept. 30 after Congress failed to renew it. As the deadline approached, lawmakers were clashing over Republicans’ ultimately failed… → Read More

Who’s really covered by MaineCare — and who isn’t

AUGUSTA, MAINE — 01/08/14 — A woman holds a sign at a rally and lobby day organized by the Maine Peoples Alliance at the State House in Augusta around the issue of Medicaid expansion. Troy R. Bennett | BDN Maine voters will head to the polls in November to decide whether to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The ball is now in the public’s court after Gov. Paul LePage and his… → Read More

Maine families contribute DNA for landmark autism study — Health — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

The SPARK study aims to enroll 50,000 people with autism and their families across the country. So far, nearly 300 people in the region have registered for the study. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Anthem defends 21 percent rate hike request for Obamacare plans in 2018 — Politics — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

The other two insurers selling Obamacare plans in Maine, Harvard Pilgrim and Community Health Options, also seek double-digit rate increases for plans they sell next year. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Is your vacation destination a malaria hotspot? — Health — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

“I have seen people die from it…It’s a bad disease.” Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Obamacare premiums are up in Maine, and here’s why

The Trump administration recently released a report showing that health insurance premiums in Maine have jumped 55 percent under Obamacare. Nationally, monthly premiums have doubled for Americans in the Obamacare market since the health reform law took effect, it found. The timing was notable. The report came out just before the Congressional Budget Office released its eagerly anticipated… → Read More

Tick-borne Powassan virus sickens two in midcoast Maine

The virus claimed the life of a Rockland-area artist in late 2013. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Another small Maine hospital to stop delivering babies

Calais Regional Hospital will close its obstetrics department, a move that will leave Washington County with just one hospital fully equipped to deliver newborns. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Hidden costs lurk in LePage plan to charge, penalize MaineCare recipients

At the center of Gov. Paul LePage’s latest push to reform the state’s Medicaid program is the assertion that many of those who benefit from the health insurance program should help pay for it. People with coverage through work pony up for monthly premiums, after all. And those with taxpayer-funded [...] → Read More

What’s causing Maine’s community nursing crisis

PORTLAND, Maine — Courtney Wilson and Josselyn Agura will graduate from nursing school Saturday, and already they’re worried about burning out from their chosen profession. Nursing often means caring for patients who are sicker than in years past, with more complex health problems, in a shorter amount of time. Then [...] → Read More

How a Maine experiment fuels the new GOP bid to replace Obamacare

Republican leaders in Congress are taking another crack at health reform, and now they’re holding up Maine as an example. After abandoning their last plan to replace the Affordable Care Act due to lack of support from within the party, Republicans have a new pitch that they hope will woo [...] → Read More

More than 4,000 patients at risk in hacking of Bangor psychiatric center

BANGOR, Maine — A hacker stole personal information belonging to more than 4,000 patients of a local psychiatric practice, including medical details and Social Security numbers, an investigation has found. The data breach at Behavioral Health Center occurred March 14, when a hacker using an internet service provider from the [...] → Read More

Rate of asbestos deaths highest in Maine, CDC finds

Cancer linked to asbestos is killing residents in Maine at the highest rate in the country, decades after the implementation of federal regulations to limit exposure, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Hackers steal patients’ personal data from Bangor mental health practice

The hacker claimed to possess patient names, addresses, Social Security numbers and medical histories, including substance abuse and psychiatric evaluations. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Saving ailing hospitals created fiscal strain for Eastern Maine Healthcare

If a major credit rating agency follows through on a downgrade to Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, the hit would reverberate throughout the extensive financial ties that bind the hospital network. Perhaps best known for its flagship hospital, Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, the system stretches from Presque Isle to [...] → Read More