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Trek Across Maine cycling fundraiser will be virtual
Updated: April 14, 2020The annual three-day bicycling trip, which raises money to fight lung disease, will be held virtually in June due to the potential spread of COVID-19. The disease is also the target of this year's fundraising.
Updated: April 14, 2020
Grants will help communities, nonprofits improve healthy aging in Maine
Updated: April 13, 2020Fifteen Maine nonprofits and municipalities were named recipients of grants aimed at improving the health and well-being of older adults while they continue to live in their communities.
Updated: April 13, 202018 health centers across Maine will get $13M in federal aid
April 10, 2020From York County to Lubec to the Katahdin Valley, the community health centers will receive much-needed funding for COVID-19 testing, supplies, telehealth services and more.
April 10, 2020
UMaine teams with health care providers, brewers to solve pandemic shortages
April 10, 2020The University of Maine launched an "innovation team" with Maine hospitals and manufacturers to come up with creative solutions for the health care supply shortage and other challenges in the ongoing pandemic.
April 10, 2020MaineHealth changes employee hours and roles, hasn't cut jobs or pay so far
April 10, 2020The state's largest health care system says it's had to change some employee assignments, and some staff are logging fewer hours. But all employees are receiving full pay and benefits.
April 10, 2020
Central Maine Healthcare furloughs 10% of staff because of COVID-19 measures
April 9, 2020About 300 of the Lewiston-based health care system's 3,000 employees will take temporary unpaid leave beginning Monday, as CMH tries to keep cash flow going amidst health and safety precautions spurred by coronavirus surge preparation.
April 9, 2020
Thomaston boatbuilder develops a high-tech form of personal protective equipment
April 9, 2020Lyman-Morse is building personal protective equipment for Lincoln Health Miles Hospital in Damariscotta. But the high-tech PPE doesn't include masks or gloves.
April 9, 2020
DECD head says state plans 'thoughtful, aggressive' response to crisis
April 8, 2020At today's Eggs & Issues webinar, Heather Johnson, Maine's commissioner of economic and community development, told close to 700 people that the state will take a step-by-step approach to rolling back restrictions.
April 8, 2020
Hannaford gives $225K to fight Maine's worsening hunger and homelessness
Updated: April 8, 2020The Scarborough-based supermarket chain will donate to three nonprofit organizations fighting hunger and homelessness in the state, and is contributing a total of $750,000 across the Northeast.
Updated: April 8, 2020
Scarborough manufacturer's device may help more COVID-19 patients breathe
April 7, 2020Amplify Additive in Scarborough is developing a titanium-printed ventilator splitter that could be used for intensive care. The splitter allows one ventilator to help multiple patients breathe.
April 7, 2020
As pandemic worsens, UMPI, nonprofit team to open homeless shelter on campus
April 7, 2020The University of Maine at Presque Isle is teaming up with a community agency and other partners to use the UMPI gymnasium as a temporary, 20-person homeless shelter during the coronavirus pandemic.
April 7, 2020
Leeds health care nonprofit gets $371K fed loan for clinic upgrade
Updated: April 7, 2020DFD Medical Center will use the USDA Rural Development Critical Facilities Loan to expand its Leeds clinic and allow room for added psychiatric services. The nonprofit also has clinics in Turner and Monmouth, and serves 8,000 patients.
Updated: April 7, 2020
Maine techies launch 'stay home' pledge site to flatten the curve
Updated: April 6, 2020By early Monday, over 80 people had signed an online pledge via Pledgetoprotectme.org, launched Friday by Mainers for Mainers to spark widespread community engagement and protect the state from the coronavirus.
Updated: April 6, 2020
Telehealth takes off in Maine as virtual medical appointments gain ground
Updated: April 6, 2020Driven by the pandemic, health care providers including MaineHealth, InterMed and Penobscot Community Health Care are offering patients online video appointments in a new business area that could be here to stay.
Updated: April 6, 2020
Maine biotech companies stepping up, and hiring, in COVID-19 fight
April 3, 2020Abbott Laboratories in Scarborough just got the OK to produce "game-changing" testing devices, and expects to manufacture 50,000 a day. Biotech companies around Maine are ramping up production to combat the pandemic, and need workers to help.
April 3, 2020
Northern Light Health hires chief information officer from its own ranks
April 3, 2020Barely a week after naming a new CEO, Northern Light has named a veteran of the health-care system to its top IT post.
April 3, 2020
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