Immigrants make up a disproportionate share of nurses, home health aides and health-care facility workers, including many living in the U.S. under the DACA program.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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U.S. officials identify ‘strong culprit’ in vaping illnesses
Vitamin E acetate was found in fluid taken from the lungs of 29 patients across the country, the CDC says.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine looks to overhaul its $83 million Medicaid transportation system
The state hopes to improve performance by consolidating services, including the system that came under fire in 2013 when thousands of Mainers missed medical appointments.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Rankings show Maine’s hospitals are safest in the country
A watchdog group says most Maine hospitals, including Lewiston’s CMMC, get an A grade for patient safety.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Sweetser to discontinue mental health therapy at 5 clinics in southern Maine
The Saco-based nonprofit says it will help the roughly 450 people receiving the therapy find other mental health service providers.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Federal judge voids Trump’s ‘conscience rule’ for health providers
The rule would have reinforced at least 2 dozen laws that allow providers to opt out of procedures such as abortions or gender-change procedures they object to on personal or religious grounds.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Rabid fox attacks Bath man in fourth such incident this year
The Washington Street resident kicked the animal away, but ‘like the zombie movies, it just came back to life and just charged at me again.’
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Medical students at UNE to be trained in treating substance use disorder
The university received a $450,000 federal grant to implement the program that will give students the federal licensing to begin treating patients.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
New Delhi chokes on its worst smog in three years
Already the world’s most polluted major metropolis, conditions worsen in October, when wind speeds drop.
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State says Bridgton woman can be guardian or provider, but not both
Debbie Ogle provides shared living services to David Noyes, who has intellectual disabilities. She’s also his legal guardian. And that’s the problem.