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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PublishedSeptember 20, 2021
Parents hopeful as medical providers prepare to give COVID vaccines to younger children
Pfizer is expected to soon submit data to the FDA, paving the way for approval for elementary-aged children as soon as next month.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2021
Antibody treatment emerges as new weapon in pandemic, but supplies are limited
While Maine hospitals have expanded use of the medication significantly in recent months, there is still not enough of it to fully meet the demand.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
Maine has record number of COVID patients on ventilators
In two weeks, the number of infected people who need ventilators to breathe has jumped from 28 to 40.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Maine reports 14 outbreaks in schools along with 506 new cases of COVID-19
Hundreds of unvaccinated students who have come into close contact with infected students are now at home in quarantine.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
State struggles with backlog of positive tests as COVID-19 surge continues
Maine reported 732 new cases Wednesday for a 4-day period, but that’s only the number of positive tests the state could verify and process, not the actual number of people who tested positive.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
MaineHealth network postponing some elective procedures to make room for COVID-19 surge
With Maine’s case counts now the worst in New England, there is ‘no end in sight’ to when hospitals can resume normal operations, a hospital executive says.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2021
Few Maine hospitals comply with federal price disclosure law
Most hospitals have yet to publish information that shows charges negotiated with insurance companies or what an uninsured patient would pay for a service.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2021
COVID-19 thriving in rural Maine counties, with 665 new cases statewide
The new cases represent the highest single-day total since Jan. 20, near the height of the pandemic.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2021
Maine allows more time for required vaccinations as new COVID-19 cases nearly double
Enforcement will begin Oct. 29 rather than Oct. 1, to give health care workers more time to get fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, the state reports the most new cases in a day since Jan. 22.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2021
Nurses criticize Maine Medical Center for paring employees’ COVID-19 benefits
The changes at Maine’s largest hospital, which treats many COVID-19 patients, include limiting quarantine pay and pregnancy benefits for nurses and other employees.
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