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Vaccination rates jump for Maine health care workers as deadline approaches
October 14, 2021The rates for COVID-19 inoculation have risen among the state's health care workers, even as legal challenges swirl and hospital staffing crunches continue.
October 14, 2021
The Jackson Laboratory ramps up recruiting for research jobs
Updated: October 18, 2021The biomedical research institute, which produces specialized mice for use in scientific investigations worldwide, is on the front lines of battling the pandemic. Now JAX needs more personnel to help with the fight.
Updated: October 18, 2021
Harold Alfond Foundation awards $1M grant to expansion of Augusta special needs center
October 8, 2021The foundation awarded the grant in tribute to the Children’s Center’s long-time legacy supporters, former Central Maine Power Co. CEO David Flanagan, and his wife, Kaye. The grant comes after two other major gifts to the center.
October 8, 2021
E-tailer Chewy sues Covetrus; results may change how you get Rx for Rex, food for Fido
Updated: October 8, 2021Portland-based Covetrus and online retailer Chewy are facing off in a legal battle over the prescriptions veterinarians write for certain pet medications and food. Vets have mixed feelings about the case, but it may change the industry.
Updated: October 8, 2021
Incoming JAX president sees new, accelerated opportunities for biomedical research
October 6, 2021The Jackson Laboratory's incoming chief, Lon Cardon, performed a landmark study showing that genes underlie disease. Today, his method is a standard used in many types of medicine. In his new position, he plans to beef up the discipline’s data
October 6, 2021
Maine launches its own health insurance marketplace
Updated: October 6, 2021Beginning next month, Maine consumers will be able to compare and buy private health insurance though a state-operated online portal, replacing the federal marketplace set up in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act.
Updated: October 6, 2021
JAX names California biotech veteran as president and CEO, succeeding Edison Liu
October 5, 2021The biomedical research institute, which has its headquarters in Bar Harbor, will be headed by a scientific leader from BioMarin Pharmaceutical. Liu, who has led JAX for a decade, announced his decision to leave the post earlier this year.
October 5, 2021
Hiring in Maine remains tough, even as supplemental unemployment benefits end
October 1, 2021Hiring remains difficult across a broad range of jobs in the tight labor market, despite the fact that the additional payments to jobless Mainers have stopped.
October 1, 2021
Health care construction and renovation projects in Maine will get $11M boost
September 30, 2021The money was specifically awarded to health centers serving communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Funds will go to COVID-19-related capital needs, including telehealth, mobile medical vans and freezers to store vaccines.
September 30, 2021
Next: Amy VanHaren's ‘fem-tech’ startup provides innovative breastfeeding support platform
Updated: October 4, 2021In 2015, VanHaren launched pumpspotting, an app designed to connect parents with each other and with breastfeeding, pumping and postpartum support services. The platform now has a virtual community of over 40,000 parents.
Updated: October 4, 2021
Next: Lisa Sockabasin has led Wabanaki Public Health to grow at the speed of a startup
Updated: October 4, 2021A member of the Passamaquoddy tribe, she has put experience in tribal, state and federal governments to work for a health care organization assisting Wabanaki communities in Maine. The nonprofit has expanded from seven employees to 100.
Updated: October 4, 2021
On the Record: 2018 Next List honorees Brian Harris, Owen McCarthy talk about what's next now
Updated: October 4, 2021The two Nexters, who founded MedRhythms Inc., a Portland startup whose digital therapeutics may someday help restore nervous system functioning, discuss the growth of the business and what changes lie ahead.
Updated: October 4, 2021With $250K grant, Northern Light looks to improve Mainers' health care access
Updated: September 29, 2021Northern Light Health will use grant funds to study and improve health care access for Mainers whose environment and social conditions affect their well-being.
Updated: September 29, 2021
Maine child care providers to receive $73M in federal funding
September 28, 2021The money, from the American Rescue Plan Act, will help child care providers provide bonuses to workers, lower costs to families and replace lost revenue.
September 28, 2021
World's largest recording label teams with Portland startup MedRhythms on 'prescription music'
Updated: September 29, 2021An agreement will allow MedRhythms to use Universal Music Group's millions of recordings for the MedRhythms digital therapeutics platform, which combines music, software and clinical sensors to help restore neurological function in patients.
Updated: September 29, 2021
Northern Light Mercy Hospital nears finish on $75M expansion, consolidation in Portland
September 24, 2021The build-out of the hospital's Fore River Parkway campus is nearly complete, and Mercy is now beginning the move from its 78-year-old building on State Street, about a mile away.
September 24, 2021
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