The federal government isn’t working fast enough to find solutions to this debilitating illness.
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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 inTimes Record
CDC head reflects on pandemic response at Freeport forum
Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah and global health expert Kara Palamountain discussed the current state of the pandemic and other public health topics at a Freeport talk Wednesday evening.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: I’m working in my jammies, and I’m just fine
Mounting concern for remote workers’ health and well-being rings hollow.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick opens cooling shelter to combat heat wave
The Brunswick Parks & Recreation Department opened an air-conditioned space to the public from Thursday through Sunday as the Midcoast confronted dangerously high temperatures.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Monkeypox is not the next COVID. But it’s spreading from the same failures.
Why do we in the West pay attention only when a disease outbreak directly threatens us?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: At last, a simple strategy for COVID booster shots
The September rollout of shots tailored to BA.4 and BA.5 could be the beginning of putting the COVID vaccine on an annual schedule.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: U.S. needs to get a move on fighting monkeypox
Getting enough vaccine was going to be a problem. But government at all levels was sluggish about preventing current outbreaks.
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 inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Omicron is turning out to be a weak vaccine
Unvaccinated people who got COVID last winter have little protection from reinfection, and even vaccinated people might be vulnerable after only a few months.