Joe Lawlor

MaineHealth will begin enrolling patients next week into the second year of a clinical research trial that is studying why some people who have had

The study, which began in 2025, looks at why some people continue to have symptoms months or years after contracting the tick-borne bacterial infection.

As the weather warms, Maine residents become more active outdoors. So do deer ticks.

The health system secured $2 million in funding from the Maine Technology Institute to create the research unit, which is slated to open in 2027 at Maine Medical Center Biddeford.

The Oceania Insignia docked in Portland in October while experiencing a norovirus outbreak

Months after Congress enacted sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the number of Mainers receiving benefits has plummeted by more than 11,000, according to state officials.

A six-month moratorium on new home health and hospice agencies that provide Medicare services won't have much of an impact in Maine, an advocacy group official said on Thursday.

Advocates had a mixed response to Maine Department of Health and Human Services rule changes for disabled children programs that recently went into effect.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services recently upheld its decision to suspend Medicaid payments to Portland-based Gateway Community Services, which is facing fraud allegations.

Leslie Wolf said part of the reason she moved from Portland to Damariscotta last year was knowing that the nearest hospital, MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital, was a seven-minute drive away from home if she decided to have children.