The star-studded live, hourlong event on Sept. 7 will commemorate more than $480 million raised to fund innovative research.
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Staffers are fleeing as central Maine hospital system is roiled by turmoil
About 80 of Central Maine Healthcare’s 300 doctors left in the past fiscal year, and its three hospitals all issued votes of no confidence in its top executive this summer.
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VA soliciting bids for new veterans clinic in Portland or South Portland
The proposed two-story building would be roughly five times larger than the existing clinic on Fore Street, have a 400-car parking lot and offer veterans expanded services.
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Letter to the editor: Climate change helps Lyme disease persist
Ticks are now able to thrive in environments where they previously would have frozen to death.
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Scarborough, Portland open cooling centers to help cope with dangerous temps and humidity Tuesday
Communities including Portland and Scarborough open cooling centers as surging ground-level ozone pollution is made worse by smoke from 100 wildfires raging across the western United States.
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Central Maine Healthcare board backs CEO who’s under fire from medical staff
While the nonprofit supports Jeff Brickman despite three no-confidence votes, the board says it plans to increase input from physicians.
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Maine receives federal waiver that will help lower ACA insurance premiums
Officials allow the state to revive its reinsurance program to help individuals and reduce risk for insurers.
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Before it sells State Street site, Mercy Hospital wants to know how the buyer would use it
The hospital wants to be sensitive about the impact of its exit from Portland’s West End, winning neighbors’ praise as it prepares to move to a new campus on Fore River Parkway.
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State senator’s lawsuit says LePage is flouting law calling for more public health nurses
Sen. Brownie Carson of Brunswick questions whether the governor intervened in the hiring of several dozen nurses to fill vacant positions.
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Advocates of in-home care referendum call it fairness; critics call it a scam
Opponents says the ballot measure is more concerned with pushing pro-labor policies than expanding access to care for the elderly and disabled.