Investment in evidence-based approaches can help guide our rural communities out of crisis.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Scientists love issuing warnings. Here’s one for them.
When it comes to both COVID and climate change, don’t condescend – suggest steps people can take that have a positive impact.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Don’t forget about COVID this summer
Last year we celebrated Independence Day too soon. We should use this Memorial Day to remember what can happen.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: COVID exacerbated our society’s existing mental health crisis
Seeking help for behavioral health or substance use issues isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s actually a sign of strength.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Lead in water harms red states, too
Some 10 million lead pipes carry – and potentially contaminate – U.S. drinking water. By putting partisan politics aside, members of Congress could solve this.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Federal judge shows agenda in mask mandate case
In matters of public health, the opinion of an activist jurist with a dictionary shouldn’t carry more weight than a team of scientific experts.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Take it from me – don’t get COVID
But the Maine CDC’s Dr. Shah says that we can look forward to better days of living with a virus that has dominated our lives for two years.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Get a COVID booster if you haven’t already
Rising international coronavirus cases underscore the need to get booster shots into more arms.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Broadband is health policy by another name
Connectivity, even more than your doctors or health systems, has a direct impact on the most important predictors of your long-term health.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Two years of COVID have changed us all
We are all going through a traumatic event and need to remember that we are still all in this together.