Over the past two years, more than 5,000 people have volunteered to help the state government quell the pandemic through a program called Maine Responds. Leading the contingent of volunteers has been Sadie Faucher, who came to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Jan. 4, 2021, during […]
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Rising parental expectations linked to mental health issues in college students: Study
Increase in parental expectations and criticism are linked to damaging mental health consequences among college students, according to a recent study. The findings of the research were published in the journal ‘Physiological Bulletin’. Researchers analysed data from more than 20,000 American, Canadian and British college students. They found that young […]
Coronavirus infections again rising in King County. No cause for alarm yet, health officials say
COVID-19 infections are again on the rise in King County as omicron’s more infectious subvariant, BA. 2, continues to spread throughout Washington state — but there’s no cause for alarm yet, according to the county’s top health officer. The county’s COVID trends have stayed fairly consistent for the past couple […]