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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As case counts rise in Maine and April school vacation week begins, health officials say it's critical that people who travel to states outside of New England get tested for COVID-19 before returning.
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When an officer arrived, the woman was on the ground with significant injuries to her arm.
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The Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee is considering a bill on Thursday that would allow noncitizen immigrants — including asylum seekers — to get insurance coverage through MaineCare and the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. -
As case counts and hospitalization numbers creep upward, and the illness hits younger people, state health officials are urging Mainers not to delay in seeking a vaccine for COVID-19.
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People ranging in age from their 20s to their 50s are going to ERs with symptoms that, in some cases, are severe enough to require hospitalization.
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A new mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit launched Monday in Oxford, under a a partnership between the state of Maine and the Federal Emergency Management Association to administer doses in underserved areas.
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Federally qualified health centers in Maine aren't receiving any first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next week from the state.
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The Maine Center for Disease Control has added another 401 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, and one more death. That brings the state's cumulative case total to 52,677, with 747 deaths.
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The University of Maine System is encouraging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine. During a virtual launch of its "This is our shot, Maine" campaign on Tuesday, several students encouraged their peers to get vaccinated.
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The city of South Portland is warning homeowners that their property taxes could jump as much as 30% this year after a revaluation.
