News

2021

From Maine To India

Helping COVID-19 patients half a world away
"Swab and Go" Testing Sites Closing

As the number of Mainers vaccinated against COVID-19 continues to expand and cases decrease, Northern Light Health continues to respond to the pandemic in real time based upon the needs of our communities.
Improving facilities for psychiatric care in Maine

To address urgent need for psychiatric care in Maine, Acadia Hospital seeks to improve hospital’s facilities
Nursing School Receives Grant for Diversity

Increasing the diversity of Maine’s workforce in nursing is the focus of a more than $1.7 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to the University of Maine School of Nursing, in partnership with Northern Light Health and Morgan State University.
Critically needed supplies donated to India

Northern Light Health donates critically needed supplies to India to address pandemic crisis
Minimum starting rate increase across organization

Northern Light Health announced today that it will increase its minimum starting rate to $15 an hour across the organization. The adjustment has already begun and will be complete by June 1, 2021
Vaccinating Maine - We got that!

They asked. We delivered. We knew that we needed to move quickly once the Maine CDC shared with us that they would receive enough shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine to begin mass vaccinations.
Coming Up to Bat For Your COVID-19 Vaccine

Slugger and Northern Light Mercy Hospital remind you to get your COVID vaccine, so more of us can sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at an actual ballgame this year!
The Future of healthcare in Hancock and Piscataquis Counties
Northern Light Health Annual Report 2020

Healthcare Heroes featured in 2020 Northern Light Health Annual Report.
Governor Mills Visits Cross Insurance Center Vaccination Site

Governor Mills visits the Northern Light Health COVID-19 Bangor Vaccination Site at the Cross Insurance Center
Dr. Nirav Shah Visits Northern Light Vaccination Site

This morning, Nirav Shah, MD, JD, director of the Maine CDC, visited the Northern Light Health COVID-19 Bangor Vaccination Site at the Cross Insurance Center. Dr. Shah came to tour the facility and learn more about the site’s operations.

Northern Light Health invests more than $260M in Maine communities
Cross Insurance Center named COVID-19 community vaccination center for Bangor region

In an effort to get people vaccinated faster and more efficiently, beginning February 2, Northern Light Health will offer community vaccinations for those 70 and over at the Cross Insurance Center.
Governor Mills receives COVID-19 vaccine from James Jarvis, MD

Today James Jarvis, MD, FAAFP, physician leader for Incident Command, Northern Light Health, and director, Clinical Education, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, gave Governor Mills her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Blaine House.