Every Maine household is eligible to receive a free, at-home COVID-19 test kit every month. Each kit contains five rapid tests.
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Steve Littleson takes over as president of Bridgton, Rumford hospitals
Littleson is taking over for Peter Wright, who stepped down last week.
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U.S. home births rise during pandemic to highest level in decades
Increases were seen across races and ethnicities, although home births were much less common among Hispanic women than others.
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CMMC, St. Mary’s get top grades from hospital safety watchdog group
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center earned the highest grades for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit, independent watchdog organization. CMMC has received an A from the organization for every biannual review since fall 2018, making this their ninth consecutive top mark, hospital officials said in a […]
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Flu cases and hospitalizations surging to our south, and headed north
Maine is so far seeing low numbers of flu cases this fall, but Mainers shouldn’t expect to dodge the flu for much longer, experts say. ‘Flu is on the way here,’ says Dr. Dora Anne Mills of MaineHealth.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News
Judge overturns Georgia’s ban on abortion around 6 weeks
The judge rules that the ban was invalid because it violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent at the time it became law.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Commission recommends annual infusion of $76 million to help Maine’s beleaguered emergency medical services
A 17-member commission recommended that $25 million immediately go to agencies in danger of failing or leaving the communities they serve.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine among states where abortion rates rose since Supreme Court ruling
But only a small portion of the increase in Maine is the result of people traveling here from other states to seek abortions.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Maine hospitals are getting hit hard by RSV surge, officials say
With the spike in respiratory cases and the limited number of pediatric hospitals able to provide intensive care, officials from Maine’s largest health care networks are warning people to take precautions.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Central Maine Healthcare launching tuition reimbursement program for nursing students
The program launches this month for nursing students at the Maine College of Health Professions who commit to working at CMH after graduation.