The state will pay $250,000 to settle claims that Maine Center for Disease Control officials harassed and discriminated against a CDC division director who refused to shred public documents. The settlement was filed Tuesday and released by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, in response to a Freedom of […]
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Public health group warns of heavy budget cuts to Maine CDC
Health advocates are decrying proposed funding cuts in Gov. Paul LePage’s two-year budget that would “decimate Maine’s public health system,” including programs aimed at reducing smoking and staffing at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. LePage’s budget “drastically” reduces funding for the state’s tobacco program and “all but eliminates” the Healthy Maine Partnerships, […]
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Settlement talk planned in CDC whistle-blower lawsuit
The two sides in a federal whistle-blower lawsuit against the Maine Center for Disease Control will talk settlement next week. Such settlement conferences are routine in civil lawsuits. The two sides are expected to tell a judge what they want, or would be willing to give, in order to avoid a trial. Their proposals, filed […]
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Maine CDC issues hepatitis A alert
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says a worker at a Cumberland County restaurant infected with hepatitis A may have exposed customers. The agency says the worker served food between Sept. 29 and Oct. 11 and after examining the food and beverage preparation practices at the restaurant, it’s possible others […]
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Maine CDC says the flu has arrived
The flu has officially arrived in Maine, state health officials announced Friday. The season’s first case was confirmed in an adult over age 60 from Lincoln County, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a health alert. The patient, who was unvaccinated against the illness, tested positive for the influenza A virus […]
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Committee to notify AG of info in document-shredding probe
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee will formally notify the Maine Attorney General’s Office that there may have been wrongdoing by officials at the Maine Center for Disease Control. Members of the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to send a letter to the AG’s Office letting it know they’ve received information suggesting CDC officials […]
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Former CDC official must give up medical info in whistle-blower suit
AUGUSTA — A former Maine Center for Disease Control division director who has filed a federal whistle-blower lawsuit against the Maine Department of Health and Human Services must hand over more than three years worth of her diaries, medical records and mental health records, as well as the names of any doctor or mental health […]
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Report finds problems with how Maine CDC deals with diversity
AUGUSTA — An independent review of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention found, among other things, that the agency makes it difficult for staff members in different departments to work together, that it needs to better train its workers to deal with diverse groups of people and that some staff members feel managers […]
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CDC office manager asks to join whistle-blower suit
RELATED NEWS: Lawmakers vote to subpoena Maine CDC officials involved in document-shredding probe A Maine Center of Disease Control & Prevention office manager wants to join the whistle-blower lawsuit filed by a former Maine CDC division director. And the suit plans to accuse additional CDC officials — Deputy Director Christine Zukas and Office of Minority Health […]
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CDC suit gets new lawyers; computer info secured
The Maine Attorney General’s Office is no longer defending the Maine Department of Health and Human Services in a federal whistle-blower lawsuit brought by a former Maine Center for Disease Control division director. DHHS, which oversees the CDC, has two new lawyers. And as the lawsuit continues, computer hard drives have been taken from several […]