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Maine Voices: Variant’s spread makes COVID vaccination more urgent

by Scott Schiff-Slater Special to the Press Herald July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

Being inoculated mitigates delta’s impact and keeps it from spreading, says a Maine doctor after the virus hits home.

by Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board July 17, 2021July 16, 2021

The former president has a perfect opportunity to look like a hero. Will he take it?

by Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service July 13, 2021July 12, 2021

Conservative inoculation opponents frame the issue as a matter of rights when in fact it’s a matter of everyday morality.

by The Editorial Board July 7, 2021July 6, 2021

Low vaccination rates at some hospitals and nursing homes are putting lives in danger.

by The Editorial Board July 4, 2021July 3, 2021

Throughout the past year, Mainers put others before themselves.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal July 4, 2021July 3, 2021

As we continue to make Earth more hospitable to pests and less hospitable to humans, Mainers age 40 and under are going to pay the highest price.

by James D. Long, Mark A. Smith and Victor Menaldo University of Washington June 20, 2021June 19, 2021

We can’t expect that everyone will ever agree on whether lockdowns were worth it.

by The Editorial Board June 18, 2021June 17, 2021

For some reason, the chance to win a $1 million prize grabs the imagination in a way that preventing illness does not.

by Gita Rao Special to the Press Herald June 18, 2021June 18, 2021

All adults have an opportunity to play a role in the well-being of our youth, especially as they return to a semblance of their pre-COVID lives.

by Amanda Little Bloomberg Opinion June 13, 2021June 12, 2021

The world’s nutrition production systems are too centralized and vulnerable to disruption.