Jacqueline Lewis is now elevating her 7-year-old granddaughter; the kid’s father, Shaun Lewis, died of a drug overdose this autumn. There are millions of equivalent “grandfamilies” within the U.S. Lewis believes the ones households will have to have a voice in figuring out how the agreement cash from instances towards opioid producers and vendors are…
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In the tropics, the deep sea is cold and the sea surface is very warm. That temperature difference can be harnessed and turned into electricity. If we can improve the technology, this method of producing power could be a godsend for island nations reliant on expensive and polluting diesel for their power. For more than…
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Nov. 19—More than 8,000 Mainers have signed up for health insurance coverage for 2022 on the state’s new Health Insurance Marketplace since open enrollment began on Nov. 1. Through last Friday, 8,278 Mainers chose plans for health coverage through CoverME.gov. The figure includes 862 new enrollees as well as 7,416 returning customers. CoverME.gov enables a…
The pandemic revealed entrenched health disparities that existed long before COVID-19, and a new report shows no state is immune. Though some do better than others, the comprehensive report of 2019 and 2020 data by the Commonwealth Fund found health equity doesn’t exist anywhere in the USA. The report, called the Health Equity Scorecard, showeddisparities in every state,…
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ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – Republicans in the New York State Senate are warning that vaccine requirements for health care workers could drive many of them to quit, rather than get the shot. By September 27th, with limited exceptions, all staff at New York State’s hospitals and nursing homes will have had to receive at least…