The coronavirus is on everyone’s minds. As an epidemiologist, I find it interesting to hear people using technical terms – like quarantine or super spreader or reproductive number – that my colleagues and I use in our work every day. But I’m also hearing newscasters and neighbors alike mixing up three important words: outbreak, epidemic and pandemic. Simply put, the difference […]
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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Four ways to protect ourselves from COVID-19
Editor’s note: The World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has a higher fatality rate than the flu. Brian Labus, a professor of public health, provides essential safety information for you, from disinfectants to storing food and supplies.
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Former St. Agatha man called a cult leader is arrested on Tennessee warrants
Gary D. Blankenship says he was run out of a home in St. Agatha. Then he was arrested in Madawaska on warrants out of Tennessee.
Posted inNation / World
Here’s what you need to know about dining out in the age of coronavirus
Restaurants and food delivery services are taking extra precautions.
Posted inNation / World
VIDEO: The 10 food items to stock up on in case you are quarantined
A food editor has some suggestions for stocking your pantry for a prolonged quarantine. Milk and bread aren’t on the list.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World
Coverage of how Maine confronts the COVID-19 pandemic
News about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Maine communities.
Posted inPerspective
There’s no easy exit for the US in Afghanistan
After 18 months of negotiations, the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal on Feb. 29. It is expected that the deal will provide a plan for a comprehensive Afghan peace process. The deal addresses the security of foreign troops; the Taliban’s commitments to sever ties with terrorist organizations; prisoner exchange; a gradual withdrawal of U.S. […]
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Deal with Taliban short on answers for Afghans
The agreement includes a Taliban commitment to start direct negotiations with the Afghan government within 10 days over a cease-fire and political settlement of the war.
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US peace deal leaves Afghans to determine post-war landscape
Now that the U.S. has signed a deal with the Taliban to eventually leave Afghanistan, it will soon be up to Afghans on both sides of the conflict to decide what peace will look like
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Analysis: This is what happens to a candidates’ delegates when they drop out
Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar have won 33 delegates to date.