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PublishedSeptember 18, 2024
Missing phone logs, conflicting accounts hinder investigation into death of month-old in Milo
Maine's watchdog agency finds that the state made thorough efforts, but it couldn't determine how or whether Child Protective Services could have prevented Sylus Melvin's killing in 2021.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2024
Cumberland County resident tests positive for West Nile virus
Health officials believe the resident, who has not recently left the state, represents the first locally acquired case of the disease since 2020.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2024
Drinking-water warning lifted in Lisbon; pump malfunction caused sludge problem
Water testing results showed arsenic levels below the federal threshold.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2024
Maine continues to see high hepatitis C infections despite overall declining rate
The rate of new acute cases, though highest in the nation, has decreased every year since peaking in 2020.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2024
Maine is still sending psych patients to controversial South Carolina hospital despite complaints
Justin Butterfield, 35, was committed to a state psychiatric hospital after killing his brother during a mental health crisis. His family is worried about him after he was transferred to a private hospital in South Carolina that has been likened to a prison.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2024
A 13-year-old Bingham girl has been stuck in the ER since Christmas. She just wants a place to call home.
Her parents, hospital officials, advocates and state officials want to find a placement, but there's no place else to go.
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PublishedJune 25, 2024
Opinion: DHHS must not bungle home health, direct-care rules
Maine can't afford to further weaken its tottering health care system. A strong and viable direct-care network is the foundation of that system.
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PublishedJune 23, 2024
A judge committed these Maine patients to a hospital. Some say they’re being sent to prison.
Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.
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PublishedJune 18, 2024
Maine urged to raise wages for home health aides, long-term care workers
The Maine Center for Economic Policy recommends that health support workers be paid at least 140% of minimum wage, or $19.80 per hour.
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PublishedMay 31, 2024
Scarborough program for young people with intellectual disabilities is set to close
Similar services have closed across the state in recent years, reducing the options for families that are now seeking new homes.
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