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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Consumers for Affordable Health Care says 54,000 Mainers receive the enhanced premium tax credits on the online marketplace. And without those subsidies, many will no longer be able to afford coverage. -
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine questioned fired U.S. Centers for Disease Control Director Susan Monarez during a Senate health committee hearing Wednesday aimed at restoring trust through "radical transparency." -
Maine CDC director Dr. Puthiery Va says decades of evidence shows that the current strategy of giving the vaccine to newborns is safe and effective.
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The standing order is essentially a prescription for all Mainers older than 6 months to get the COVID-19 vaccine. -
Planned Parenthood in Maine to fight after court lets Trump administration withhold Medicaid fundingPlanned Parenthood in Maine is facing a $1 million cut, but says it will continue to provide care for its roughly 2,000 patients who are covered by MaineCare, the state version of Medicaid. -
Twenty organizations in Maine are urging Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine to withdraw her support for Joshua Dunlap's nomination to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. -
She says Downeast Community Partners and Bangor Public Health are the only two contracts for maternal and child health that the CDC did not renew.
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The appeal was brought by Richard Tappen, who owns a beachfront cottage, and purchased a parcel of land that cuts in front of his long-time neighbor Clark Hill. Tappen then sued Hill for trespassing. -
Members of his family are now suing the facility, alleging that Daniel died from neglect and abuse.
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EEE can cause flu-like symptoms and also lead to brain swelling and meningitis.
