Researchers studying sewage samples from southern Brazil found remnants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, as early as last November.  This potentially-groundbreaking… Read more Coronavirus found in Brazil sewage samples months before first cases reported

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released a report on the state of mental health among American adults,… Read more New CDC report highlights mental health costs of the pandemic

This is the full report published by Maine Policy Institute of which I am the sole author and researcher. Introduction… Read more COVID Catastrophe: Consequences of Societal Shutdowns

The latest report from Maine’s Revenue Forecasting Committee (RFC), published earlier this month, revised its estimate of the state government’s General Fund… Read more Maine’s current economic forecast should prompt substantial spending cuts

The last few months have been tense, marked by social distancing and physical isolation amid the outbreak of a new… Read more ‘Defund the police’ is not a real reform strategy

These days, in states across the nation, public health officials are discovering more and more cases of COVID-19 among their… Read more Pediatric medical experts agree: Send kids back to school