The 2021 Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book reveals positive trends as well as key areas of concern.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine to launch mobile units with FEMA to boost rural access to COVID-19 vaccine
The federal partnership is part of a broader effort to reduce gaps in vaccination rates among Maine counties and provide more vaccination sites in smaller communities.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Closer look at data shows startling health disparities among Asian Americans
Care providers and public health stakeholders must reach out to vaccinate vulnerable Asian American populations: the low-income and those with limited English proficiency.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Antiquated car testing standards boost risk of injury, death for women
After a freak accident turned freak injury, research leads a college student to conclude that we won’t have safer vehicles until we have better crash test dummies.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Mainers younger than 30 driving surge in new COVID-19 cases
Public health officials are warning that the rising number of cases in Maine and across the country could threaten efforts to control the disease with steady progress on vaccinations.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Finding a new relationship with motion during the pandemic
Coronavirus has robbed Mainers and people all over the world of many things, but we cannot let something as natural as the joy of movement be one of them.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine launches system for vaccine preregistration as eligibility expands to 50-plus
The new site will not be the centralized registration and appointment system envisioned during the early weeks of the state’s vaccination campaign.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
A new book called ‘The Healing Garden’ sounds like exactly what we need right now
Deb Soule writes about her garden and herb harvesting at Avena Botanicals.
Posted inFood
Food was my life – until a heart attack at 41 almost killed me
In an era of Instagram, ‘We live in a society that celebrates food in excessive ways. We eat less for nourishment and more for sport.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Jumping to the scariest conclusion
A strangely empty inbox leads to some catastrophic thinking.