The new 90-bed facility would be built next to existing facilities run by the York County health care organization.
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Our View: In youth football, little collisions really add up
Research indicates that head injuries at a young age can lead to lifelong ailments.
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Our View: Suicide data for veterans show vast unmet need for care
Both Augusta and Washington are taking steps to lift barriers to services – but it’s only a start.
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As maternity services vanish in rural Maine, mothers expect to travel long distances to hospitals
Some in remote areas face hourslong drives on dark roads before they can arrive at one of a dwindling number of sites that still offer obstetrics units.
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Mussels from 5 Maine shellfish dealers recalled because of harmful algae bloom
Mussels harvested around Mount Desert Island last week are being recalled because they may be tainted with neurotoxin produced by a marine phytoplankton.
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Executive director of Maine health care advocacy group to step down
Emily Brostek, who has led efforts by Consumers for Affordable Health Care since 2014, decides to pursue other opportunities.
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Bar Harbor company gets $1.5 million to test heart attack drug in pigs
Novo Biosciences will use the NIH grant for next-level testing of its regenerative therapy drug, which has already proven effective in zebrafish and mice.
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Maine Med receives $11 million NIH grant to study metabolic diseases
The overall goal of the program is to reduce obesity, osteoporosis and diabetes – all metabolic diseases common in Maine.
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Trump administration’s cuts to ACA outreach will damage enrollment efforts in Maine, experts say
Nonprofits in Maine are braced for a 40 percent cut in federal grants that help states get people signed up for insurance.
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MaineGeneral Medical Center’s billing fiasco an irritant for patients
Though the Augusta hospital has apologized for a ‘technical’ error that led to 9,700 inadvertent collections notices, a consumer advocate says that it should not be up to patients to fix the hospital’s mistakes.