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Jennifer Gunderman, director of Bangor Public Health and Community Services, on July 18. (Daryn Slover/Staff Photographer) Bangor Public Health launched an intensive case management program this month to serve those impacted by the city’s HIV outbreak, which has led to 29 identified cases. The program is funded by about $550,000 of Bangor’s opioid settlement funds. It will provide case management services …

Maine’s Platner now has the support of 3 labor unions  Politico Democratic youth-focused groups endorse Graham Platner in Maine Senate race  The Hill Oyster farmer and veteran Graham Platner hopes his message lands with Maine voters  NPR Graham Platner goes after Janet Mills in first Maine Senate race TV ad  Axios Poll: Platner Best Positioned Maine Dem to Defeat Susan Collins  More Perfect Union | …

Another populist Democrat enters Maine’s Senate race  Politico Susan Collins has been a fixture in Washington for decades. Could a political outsider finally oust her?  The Boston Globe Maine Democrats tout ‘outsider’ approach to unseating Collins  Roll Call Another anti-establishment Democrat enters Senate race against Collins  Maine Morning Star Graham Platner: The politics of the future  dailycampus.com Source link

Gov. Janet Mills issued an order Friday that allows all health care professionals, including pharmacists, in the state to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to all Mainers. It goes beyond what new federal guidance had allowed, and comes after weeks of uncertainty over who would be able to get the shot, and at what cost. Here’s what you need to know …

Survivors of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting and relatives of victims are suing the federal government, alleging that the U.S. Army could and should have stopped one of its reservists from carrying out what they call “one of the most preventable mass tragedies in American history.” Eighteen people were killed in October 2023 when Robert Card opened fire at a bowling …

A tuberculosis outbreak has gripped a large emergency shelter in Portland, Maine, prompting urgent health measures and mounting concern among medical staff and city officials alike. The outbreak, centered at the 166 Riverside Shelter – a 179-bed facility exclusively for non-citizens seeking asylum in the U.S. – has already seen 21 individuals test positive via PPD (Purified Protein Derivative) testing, …

How a ‘cluster’ of HIV cases in Penobscot County became one of Maine’s largest outbreaks  The Portland Press HeraldView Full Coverage on Google News Source link