We will find out if we can pull together the way our forebears once did.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Virus testing failure has consequences
Maine’s economy and the nation’s will take a beating because we didn’t prepare for this outbreak.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine voters want children immunized – here’s how psychology can help make that happen
Establishing incentives, setting up reminders and removing financial and logistical barriers can motivate people to get their kids vaccinated.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine bill would exempt online charter schools from vaccine requirements
Lawmakers took public testimony Monday on a bill that would exempt online charter schools from a new vaccine requirement that eliminates philosophical and religious exemptions.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine has rare second chance to invest in healthy kids, productive workforce
Bipartisan L.D. 1961 would secure our share of the 1998 tobacco settlement for its original intent: reducing youth smoking and improving public health.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Prepare for pandemic the same way as a snowstorm
Washing your hands and getting a flu shot are the coronavirus equivalent of stocking up on bread and water.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Former top Maine CDC official on coronavirus: Don’t panic but do prepare
Maine is taking measures such as buying new testing equipment, and Dora Anne Mills says residents should prepare as well.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Tens of thousands of Mainers may face exposure to excessive levels of arsenic
Lawmakers consider a bill to spur more testing of private wells and perhaps lower the allowable amount of arsenic in drinking water.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Joseph’s Market in Waterville works to make improvements after hepatitis A scare
The Waterville market has been working with state officials to make improvements to the store since a food service worker with hepatitis A virus infection prepared food there while infectious.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Working-age Mainers dying at a faster clip than in all but a few states
A new study finds that midlife mortality in the state is up nearly 21% since 2010, the result of suicides and drug, alcohol and health problems.