What we’re monitoring: Aging Care • Healthcare System • Opioids
The number of mental health providers licensed in Maine is up 60 percent since 2019. It still isn’t enough.
Despite the increase, many Mainers are still waiting months for care.
Maine’s childhood vaccination rates have benefited from the elimination of nonmedical exemptions
Maine had one of the highest opt-out rates in the country during the 2017-2018 school year.
Working group recommends regulating intoxicating hemp
The group of health experts and producers wants the state to create age limits for intoxicating hemp-derived products and put a cap on the amount of THC in beverages.
Maine clinics see high demand for birth control ahead of Trump term
Fear about possible changes to contraception coverage is motivating a number of Mainers to get IUDs and other forms of long-lasting birth control.
Following outcry, Maine health department waters down proposed staffing ratios
The Department of Health and Human Services released a new proposal with less aggressive increases than were initially proposed, and will give residential care facilities two years to phase in the changes.
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