Patty Wight
News Reporter and HostPatty 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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Open enrollment for the online health insurance marketplace begins November 1. But some Mainers say plans won't be affordable unless Congress extends enhanced premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the year. -
Officials say that after more than a century of operating independently, York Hospital is facing multiple challenges and can no longer go it alone. -
The nonprofit announced at the beginning of October it could no longer afford to continue due to the loss of $2 million in annual Medicaid reimbursements. -
The proposal comes from Democratic state representative Grayson Lookner of Portland.
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Joseph Eaton, 36, died Tuesday at approximately 5:19 a.m., but the cause has not been released.
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Restorative justice is an approach that brings the victims and perpetrators of a crime together to try to find a meaningful resolution in conjunction with a criminal case. -
The recall cites Yani Cannabis adult-use vape cartridges in the Watermelon Chimera strain. -
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics has found that early exposure to peanuts has resulted in roughly 40,000 fewer allergies in U.S. children over the past decade. -
A crowd of people wearing blue and holding signs converged at the Longley Bridge in Lewiston Friday afternoon for a vigil to remember those affected by the mass shooting two years ago that killed 18 people. -
Law enforcement agencies throughout the state will accept medications that are no longer wanted or needed.
