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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PublishedMay 8, 2018
Collins, King under pressure to oppose controversial CIA director nominee
Human rights groups urge the Maine senators, who serve on the Intelligence Committee, to oppose the nomination of Gina Haspel, who has been accused of complicity in the use of waterboarding on terrorism suspects.
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PublishedMay 7, 2018
Maine Med’s Congress Street detour starts Monday
Hospital officials say the traffic detour is necessary for Maine Medical Center’s expansion project.
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PublishedMay 2, 2018
Detour starts Monday as part of Congress Street closes for Maine Med construction
Traffic will be rerouted for eight weeks to make room for cranes and other equipment as the hospital launches a $512 million expansion.
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PublishedApril 30, 2018
Medicaid expansion advocates sue to force LePage administration to implement program
Maine Equal Justice Partners, which led the campaign to pass expansion at the ballot box, wants to hold the state to deadlines outlined in the law passed by voters in November.
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PublishedApril 29, 2018
University of New England sounds alarm on growing need for cadavers, a crucial medical-training tool
The Biddeford campus has Maine’s only program for whole-body donations, and as educational needs and class sizes grow, the school hopes to encourage more people to donate their bodies to science.
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PublishedApril 25, 2018
LePage vetoes extended funding for child abuse prevention program
The governor said the program duplicates others. Lawmakers had passed the extension nearly unanimously.
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PublishedApril 25, 2018
Maine watchdog agency delays report on state’s handling of fatal child abuse cases
The office needs 3 more weeks to complete its inquiry into the deaths of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy and 4-year-old Kendall Chick.
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PublishedApril 24, 2018
Maine students to be required to get meningitis vaccine
The protection against the bacterial form of the disease had previously been a recommendation, but public health officials want more protection for students entering seventh and 12 grades.
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PublishedApril 20, 2018
CDC warns against eating any romaine lettuce after E. coli outbreak
Consumers are urged to avoid buying any form of romaine lettuce and to discard any they may have purchased, even if no one has been sickened by it.
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PublishedApril 19, 2018
Number of opioids prescribed in Maine in 2017 fell 13 percent, the sixth-steepest drop in U.S.
The drop since 2016 reflects the first full year of data under the law limiting opioid prescribing and exceeds the national average decline of 8.9 percent.
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