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 8, 2015
Activists urge expanded access to opiates antidote in Maine
Rep. Henry Beck’s bill would allow friends of addicts to be prescribed or administer Narcan.
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PublishedApril 6, 2015
Maine could need 20 more restaurant inspectors, CDC director says
As the state faces a backlog of 1,400 overdue inspections, a legislative panel hears testimony on a bill to conduct them on a yearly basis.
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PublishedApril 5, 2015
Critics say cuts erode Maine’s public health system
More than half of the 44 positions slashed from Maine’s Center for Disease Control were federally funded, they say, needlessly leaving the state vulnerable. CDC officials argue the money’s not lost.
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PublishedApril 2, 2015
‘Moment of truth’ lung scan lights up incentive to quit
Now covered by Medicare, the preventive procedure – coupled with smoking cessation efforts – expands at Mercy and other Maine hospitals.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2015
Facing shortage of homes, Maine DHHS calls on families to take in foster children
The agency needs 100 families willing to care for older children, reflecting a surge in their numbers since 2012 possibly tied to a shift in the state’s remove-from-homes policy.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2015
Public health experts see anti-vaccine bill as scare tactic
A bill submitted this week aims to create a new state program to investigate vaccine injury claims.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2015
Maine gets a clean bill of health in annual nationwide ranking
Led by southern Maine, the state has better numbers than the national median, but some rural counties lag in obesity and smoking rates.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2015
Hospitals: LePage budget threatens medical services
Cutting MaineCare rates and taxing nonprofits would put holes in the social safety net, they say, but the state sees room for hospitals to absorb the hits.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2015
Fluoride in water? Bill would give Maine customers final say
Town boards would no longer be allowed to block petitioners from putting the question to water district voters.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2015
Maine licensing board censures Biddeford doctor for patient’s overdose death
Stephen H. Doane, who has had two patients die from overdoses, keeps his license because he now operates with restrictions and the board concludes he is no longer a threat to patients.
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