public health
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PublishedJune 1, 2024
WHO member countries approve steps to bolster health regulations to better brace for pandemics
The updates include defining a 'pandemic emergency' and helping developing countries gain better access to financing and medical products.
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PublishedMay 27, 2024
Climate change is already affecting Mainers’ health, doctors say
The most direct link between climate change and public health in Maine can be found between warming temperatures and heat-related illnesses and diseases spread by ticks that no longer die off in winter.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2024
Brunswick free medical, dental clinic to expand with federal funding
Oasis Free Clinics, which serves about 500 people in the Brunswick area, is doubling the size of its clinic with the help of $833,000 in federal funding secured by lawmakers.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2023
Maine Voices: ‘Sweeping’ encampments makes sick and unhoused Portlanders even more vulnerable
Forcible relocation makes people sicker by causing isolation, infection and loss of medication. Instead, let’s make encampments safer and bolster public health and affordable-housing funding.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
Our View: Freight railroad free-for-all is unacceptable
The secrecy enjoyed by railroads leaves Maine unable to either evaluate or respond to potentially extraordinary risks to public health and safety.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
Commentary: This is the missing puzzle piece to getting COVID vaccines into arms
A successful public health response requires the perspectives of individuals who have studied how to help ensure that more people get health services that work.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2023
School districts grapple with vaping in high schools
Some are considering installing vape detectors in restrooms, but there is no easy solution for what some educators consider a public health crisis.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2023
Commentary: COVID’S back. Who’s most likely to get it again?
Anyone still dragging their heels on booster shots should reconsider in a few weeks.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2023
Maine Voices: The hazards to a military recruit’s health are the enemies they can’t see
The military suicide epidemic underscores the need to rein in ever-expanding operations that are killing innocent civilians and causing PTSD among stressed and overextended U.S. forces.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2023
Commentary: The U.S. bungled COVID vaccine distribution. Why no accountability?
There has been no comprehensive debrief on how federal and local governments messed this up.
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