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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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