Emily joined the Sun Journal in April 2021 on the health beat. She previously reported for the Lakes Region Weekly, covering nine towns in Cumberland County. She enjoys taste testing chai lattes at local cafes, attempting to beat her personal best on the NYT’s mini crossword puzzle and watching thunderstorms. She’s on the fence about the Oxford comma. Emily grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Wellesley College in 2018. She’s lived in lots of places for little bits of time but now calls Portland home. She welcomes coffee shop recommendations, cookie recipes and news tips in her inbox.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2023
Like his father, Dr. Richard King to serve as a Navy reserve medical officer with the Marine Corps
Dr. Richard King, a trauma surgeon at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, received a direct commission to serve as a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve in April. Next year, he’ll begin drilling with the 4th Medical Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2023
Maine winters are tough. Here are some ways to get through
Got the ‘winter blues’ already? As the New Year arrives and with it three-plus months of dark and cold, the Sun Journal spoke with experts and residents alike to get their advice on how they stay sane and healthy.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
LifeFlight adds new helicopter, completes 5-year, $20 million campaign to update fleet
The service’s three helicopters feature more power, speed, a larger workspace and advanced aviation electronics.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2022
Flu cases, hospitalizations surpass prepandemic levels
Even if clinicians and public health experts had expected to see a surge in cases this season, flu and other respiratory viruses, such as COVID-19, are still flooding emergency departments, urgent cares and primary care physicians’ offices with sick patients.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2022
Health care networks, universities to receive $2.3 million in funding to expand rural education opportunities
Collaborative groups of health care networks, the University of Maine System and St. Joseph’s College will receive a combined total of nearly $2.3 million to expand medical training in communities like Farmington, Norway, Bridgton and Blue Hill.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2022
Advocacy groups rebuke calls to expand Maine’s progressive treatment program
More mental health advocacy groups are speaking out against Maine’s so-called progressive treatment program following the Thanksgiving Day murder of Gabriel Damour in Poland.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Livermore’s Washburn-Norlands Living History Center needs $3 million by March to stay alive
Closing the Norlands is the absolute last option, the trustee president said, but not reaching $3 million by spring may mean the historic home of the Washburn family will need new stewards.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2022
Maine’s emergency medical services at ‘breaking point,’ commission says in final report
The most pressing concern the state’s 272 service providers are facing is inadequate funding, driven largely by ‘antiquated and woefully inadequate’ Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements coupled with the high — and increasing — cost of providing services.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
How homeless people are counted in Maine
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has provided data since 2007, based on estimates from service providers who seek to count people in homeless shelter, people in communities without shelter and more considerations.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2022
More than half of all flu cases reported this season are from last week
There have been more than 1,650 influenza cases reported to the Maine CDC since early October, with nearly 860 reported last week.
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