About 1,200 in Maine will receive letters but some may find it difficult to meet the Sept. 5 deadline.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
Posted inMaine, News
Federal audit cites Maine’s lax oversight of day care facilities
The results showing a number of hazards echo the findings of a Press Herald investigation this year that led to several reforms.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine legislators to seek stronger laws to get kids vaccinated
The inoculation opt-out rate for Maine kindergartners is rising, health officials say, leading some to call for more pressure on parents.
Posted inMaine, News
Parents of Sandy Hook victim see science as the key to a killer’s mind
Dr. Jeremy Richman and his wife come to UNE in Biddeford as they press for research that could help determine why one person kills another.
Posted inMaine, News
Riverview could take months to regain standing, losing more federal funding
The troubled state hospital must go through a process to prove that its operations are sound, as a new psychiatric hospital would.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
More Maine families are skipping or delaying childhood vaccines
Public health advocates worry the trend could lead to outbreaks of long-controlled diseases.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine must repay millions used to fund Riverview psych center, U.S. says
Federal money can’t be used to run a decertified facility, an official says, but the state has done it for months and is appealing to keep the money.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Rate of Mainers who lack health insurance declines to 13.3%, poll says
Nationally, states that opted to expand Medicaid and to run their own marketplaces see the largest reductions.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Politics
Affordable Care Act has lowered Maine’s uninsured rate, poll says
The rate declined from 16.1 percent before Mainers could get coverage to 13.3 percent midway through this year.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
To fill Maine dentist gap, UNE school opens wide
A ‘camp’ lets high school students try out the job, with hopes that someday they’ll open a badly needed practice in a rural area.