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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More than 120,000 tribal members in the U.S. are expected to lose marketplace insurance coverage because of the expiration of enhanced subsidies. -
The center will offer short term intervention for teens and adults who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. -
The Lewiston-based hospital announced it would drop the designation at the beginning of December for financial reasons. But now the hospital must maintain its trauma center certification or it cannot move forward with its planned sale to Prime Healthcare Foundation. -
The pause is the result of city councilors' concerns about improperly discarded syringes. -
The Maine Human Rights Commission is suing a sixth school district, alleging discrimination against transgender students. -
Maine long term care ombudsman Brenda Gallant says higher staff levels improve both patient care and worker retention. -
A federal judge in Maine has rejected a request by the state and the U.S. Department of Justice to alter a settlement agreement intended to improve behavioral health care for children. -
The U.S. CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices says parents should consult with their doctors about the hepatitis B vaccine, and those who want to delay should wait until babies are at least two months old. -
The executive director of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, Andrew Zarro, says during a 10 day period last month, four pedestrians were killed in vehicle crashes. -
The Trump administration has also proposed eliminating the U.S. CDC's Division of HIV Prevention.
