Patty Wight
News ProducerPatty is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a multiple award-winning reporter for Maine Public Radio. Her specialty is health coverage: from policy stories to patient stories, physical health to mental health and anything in between. Patty joined Maine Public Radio in 2012 after producing stories as a freelancer for NPR programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She got hooked on radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and hasn’t looked back ever since.
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Northern Light Acadia Hospital in Bangor announced on Friday that it needs to expand in order to meet the growing demand for psychiatric care. -
CDC has awarded Maine $32 million to address COVID-19 related health disparities.
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The Mills Administration announced today that it expects all schools to offer full-time, in person learning this fall.
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Among the entire state population, 54% is fully vaccinated. Eight people in Maine who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have died from the disease.
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That's a million more than in April, which was also a record-breaking month.
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The Maine chapter of the Alzheimer's Association is welcoming the FDA's approval on Monday of a new drug to treat the disease.
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Last year, while facing financial pressure from the pandemic, Unity announced it had the option to explore the sale of its assets, including its main campus. But Unity College President Dr. Melik Peter Khoury says that option was never pursued.
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Two hydroelectric dams in the Union River in Ellsworth and nearby Graham Lake can't be relicensed after the Maine Board of Environmental Protection voted Thursday to uphold a previous denial by the state environmental protection agency.
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The news comes after the college announced last summer it was exploring the possibility of selling its Unity campus due to financial issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This is up from two the day before and none for a few days prior. The total number of recorded deaths in Maine during the pandemic is 837. Previous jumps of this size have resulted from the agency's review of older death certificates.
