Portland-based Community Dental has ambitious plans to expand access to oral health care for children on MaineCare and for uninsured adults.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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Maine CDC resumes search for state epidemiologist
The agency’s director said she hopes to fill the post within four months, then start looking for a deputy epidemiologist.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State
State takes measures to meet arrival of measles
Maine’s high rate of unvaccinated children poses danger and prompts debate on the ease with which parents may opt out of vaccinations.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
LePage says dropping methadone coverage is sound, but doctors disagree
Medical authorities and recovering addicts say science is on their side: Some users need methadone.
Posted inPolitics
Keep health care law subsidies, Maine urges U.S. Supreme Court
Despite shunning the Medicaid expansion option, the state defends an integral part of the Affordable Care Act in a case that may affect coverage for millions.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Maine Med opening state’s only 24-hour pharmacy
Hospital patients can get their prescriptions filled at the pharmacy, which also will be open to the public.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Thousands of patients lose if state cuts methadone benefit
DHHS claims Suboxone is a better treatment, but health experts disagree and question whether the state is practicing medicine.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
State epidemiologist position remains vacant
Officials won’t say why an out-of-state candidate rejected an offer; some worry about an erosion of Maine’s public health infrastructure.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine treatment for mental illness serves as national model
On hiatus but soon to be restarted, a program that began at Maine Medical Center has led the way toward early detection and treatment of schizophrenia.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine treatment for mental illness serves as national model
On hiatus but soon to be restarted, a program that began at Maine Medical Center has led the way toward early detection and treatment of schizophrenia.