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A new community center is opening for homeless people …

WEBThe Health Equity Alliance Resource and Testing Center opens Monday at 304 Hancock St. in Bangor, but the entrance is on Newbury Street, the same building as …

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Credit agencies downgrade Northern Light’s rating

WEBTwo credit rating agencies lowered their scores for Bangor’s largest health care system last week due to its substantial financial losses in recent years. Though …

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Tennessee company opens infusion therapy clinic in Bangor

WEBLocal Infusion’s clinic in Bangor is in Building A at 625 Broadway. It is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday, by appointment. Local Infusion, which …

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City of Bangor appoints new public health director

WEBBANGOR – The Bangor City Council on Monday approved the appointment of longtime public health leader and practitioner Jennifer Gunderman as the new …

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Aroostook County opens a new and larger veterans clinic

WEBThe 7,500-square-foot facility at 732 Main St. in Presque Isle replaces the VA outpatient clinic in Caribou and is 50 percent larger.

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New Bangor public health director warns of kids’ COVID …

WEBBangor’s public health director is retiring after a decade in the position punctuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the statewide opioid epidemic and rising …

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Maine free clinics are seeing an increasingly high demand …

WEBOasis is among a handful of clinics in Maine that offer free care. Two others in Rockland and Ellsworth said they’re also seeing high demand. It comes at a time when …

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Children of Flint water crisis make change as young …

WEBThey know that Flint is a place that still struggles. The population has fallen by some 20,000 in the past decade, leaving abandoned houses as targets for arsonists.

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Husson nursing program celebrating 40 years of …

WEBNursing tea celebration planned to mark occasion. BANGOR — Husson University’s School of Nursing is celebrating its 40th year of educating future healthcare …

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Bangor hospital program aims to keep future psychiatrists …

WEBThe program will cost Acadia $1 million in the first year and $2 million by the third year, Potts said. In the fourth year and beyond, when the program is fully running …

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MaineHealth to rebrand its hospitals with new names, logo

WEBThe health system has expanded over the years to include 13 hospitals and care centers stretching along the coast from Biddeford to Belfast and into the inland …

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Maine Recovery Council close to distributing 1st $9M

WEBAt the Maine Recovery Council’s April meeting, Dr. Erik Steele of Gorham described the “1000 Lives” campaign, which aims to reduce Maine opioid-related deaths …

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Stressed out Maine nurses have found a way to earn a lot more …

WEBIn recent months, travel nurses have earned $3,000 to $9,000 a week, many times what staff nurses typically earn. The pay has become so lucrative that staff nurses …

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Maine lawmakers need to fund bills to improve mental health …

WEBIn addition, by drawing attention to these bills as a package, advocates have reminded us that the mental health label covers a wide swath of services and programs, …

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Eastport Health Care expands to meet growing needs Down East

WEBKeenly aware of the growing demand, Eastport Health Care, which already serves about 5,400 patients, is rapidly expanding its services and footprint in Down East …

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Bill and Karen Beane of Glenburn to open Eastern Maine’s First …

WEBBill and Karen Beane are opening their new physical therapy clinic on Bangor Mall Boulevard. BANGOR — This February, Bill and Karen Beane are introducing an …

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Bangor’s finding a way to fight the deadly opioid epidemic

WEBPortland, which has more than double Bangor’s population, saw 527 overdoses in 2023, 47 of which were fatal, Portland police announced last week. That …

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Northern Light Health saw lower financial losses last year

WEBby Kathleen O'Brien February 21, 2024. Bangor’s largest health care system saw significantly lower financial losses in 2023 but was still in the red, as hospitals …

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Historic railroad building is Portland's latest bid to fix housing woes

WEBPORTLAND, Maine — MaineHealth, the state’s largest medical system, is interested in developing workforce housing units in a historic, 106,000-square-foot …

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A new health insurer in Maine hopes its unique model will lower …

WEBThe average cost of their premiums is in the mid-range compared to others on the marketplace. Sara Ameigh enrolled in a direct primary care plan for $90 a month …

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Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes …

WEBWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking …

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Janet Mills signs $10.47B budget

WEBThe supplemental budget appropriates $127.4 million and brings the spending plan the Democratic governor signed last year to $10.47 billion. It will take effect 90 days …

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Older Maine couple turn to newspaper ad for a housing 'miracle'

WEBLin Brown and Jon Hough. Credit: Patty Wight / Maine Public An unusual ad has been appearing in a small weekly paper in southern Maine this month: “Looking for …

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Hannaford recalls ground beef sold at 58 Maine stores

WEBThe Hannaford supermarket chain has issued a warning for 85 percent lean ground beef sold from April 6 to 16 at some of its stores in Maine, New Hampshire and …

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17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to …

WEBLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other …

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