Public health
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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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PublishedAugust 13, 2023
Insight: COVID’s summer resurgence resists easy answers
Attributing an increase in cases to people moving indoors doesn’t make much sense. What does?
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PublishedAugust 10, 2023
Commentary: Health insurers can’t avoid covering weight-loss drugs forever
Evidence is mounting that drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy not only help patients lose weight but also help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2023
The Maine Millennial: Not talking about depression doesn’t make it go away
It’s a mental illness, and that’s OK.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2023
Commentary: Do right for the health of Native Americans in Maine
L.D. 2007 must be passed with any vetoes overridden to improve access to health care and better well-being for the Wabanaki Nations.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2023
Another View: U.S. surgeon general takes aim at toll inflicted by loneliness
Isolation can be as harmful to one’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2023
Commentary: Debunking of COVID lab-leak theory has enraged conspiracy theorists. Good.
The long-awaited intelligence report also serves as a reproach to the news organizations that bought into the theory, despite the utter lack of evidence for it.
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PublishedJune 28, 2023
Commentary: Thanks to governor, Legislature for increasing Mainers’ access to preventive care
A new law that keeps pandemic changes in place allows pharmacy technicians to continue to deliver CDC-recommended immunizations to people 18 and older without a prescription.
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Maine Voices: Harmful effects of coal pile pollution threaten Portland’s health
How much are we willing to pay for a coal pile in our city, and why should we have to pay anything?
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PublishedMay 21, 2023
There’s medicine to quiet opioid cravings, but getting it can be hard
A Harvard study found Black and Hispanic patients were less likely to receive prescriptions for naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses.
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