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.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
With 16,000 more Mainers already covered, feds approve state’s Medicaid expansion
Thousands had applied for the health care coverage starting in July, but were rejected by the LePage administration.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
Maine flu cases up from last season, but strain less severe
Maine has reported more than 8,000 flu cases so far this season, and 880 people had been hospitalized through March 30.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2019
Judge orders Aroostook County Jail to provide opioid treatment to inmate
U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen says the jail would be violating the Americans with Disabilities Act if it denied Brenda Smith access to Suboxone while she serves her 40-day term.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Lawmakers advocate for improvements to Maine’s lead testing program
Bills before the Health and Human Services Committee would mandate testing for all of Maine’s 1- and 2-year-olds.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2019
Worst-in-nation status for pertussis rates focuses attention on vaccines
Maine’s rate of pertussis is now eight times the national average, and the state’s low vaccination rate is heightening weaknesses in the vaccine.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2019
Mumps case reported at York High School
The Maine Center for Disease Control said other students may have been exposed at the high school and at a basketball game at Massabesic High School.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2019
Patients ask Legislature to restrict insurers’ control over medications
But an insurance industry representative argues that a bill to regulate ‘step therapy’ would favor ‘costlier, but no more therapeutically effective, brand name drugs.’
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Hundreds pack hearing on bill to end most exemptions for kids’ vaccinations
The measure would eliminate nonmedical exemptions to vaccinations for measles and other infectious diseases that are required before children enter school.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2019
Senate Democrats roll out plan to give Mainers relief from high prescription prices
Party leaders will submit a handful of bills, including one to set up a state commission with oversight authority on drug pricing and another to allow bulk importation from Canada.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2019
Vulnerable Mainers pin hopes on bill to tighten vaccination standards
Banning all non-medical exemptions to vaccinations for measles, pertussis and other infectious diseases would improve protection for Mainers – especially those with compromised immune systems.
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