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Greg Marston, a British voice actor with more than 20 years’ experience, recently stumbled across his own voice being used for a demo online. Marston’s was one of several voices on the website Revoicer, which offers an AI tool that converts text into speech in 40 languages, with different intonations, moods and styles. Since he …

Classes are back in session this week at many school districts, including at Chicago Public Schools. As the pandemic continues to evolve, this year comes with new COVID-19 protocols.  “The science is pretty much supporting all the changes that CDC is doing,” said Dr. Geraldine Luna, medical director at the Chicago Department of Public Health. “The reports …

This editorial was published by the Dallas Morning News. As the murdered children of Uvalde are laid to rest this week, our nation needs to muster the courage and political will to treat rising gun violence and mass shootings as an acute public health crisis. When auto accidents claimed a large number of lives, government …

In December 2020, Illinois expanded Medicaid to provide health coverage to immigrant adults ages 65 and older. Now, another expansion offers health care benefits to low-income immigrants ages 55 to 64 starting May 1.  Dr. Yolanda Escalona, medical director of Cook County Health’s Arlington Heights clinic, says the expansion was necessary to help protect the …

Yes, it’s time. We need a county health department, and we need it now. Over the past few years, there’s been discussion of a county health department and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners, with the exception of Commissioner Craig Lehman, have insisted it was not a necessary need or expense for our citizens. We …

As Mainers await a COVID-19 vaccine, the pandemic has put a damper on the holiday season. Time once spent at Christmas parties and New Year’s Eve celebrations will now be spent staying home. More than 60 percent of employees report losing at least one hour per day in productivity because of COVID-related stress. MIA Studio/Shutterstock.com …

I wrote this column for Veterans Day to honor the brave men I fought with while aboard the USS Freestone (APA-167) during World War II in the South Pacific. When I was in the Navy during World War II, after a long tour at sea the crew became lonesome and missed their family and friends. …

AUGUSTA — Earlier this month, Mainers began a voting season unlike any other. In an effort to protect our public health infrastructure during a global pandemic, approximately 40 percent of Mainers have now cast their votes for president and senate candidates through absentee and early voting. Yet in Washington D.C., the Senate majority is rushing …

The University of Maine System is reneging on a promise to retirees: Effective Jan. 1, UMS is terminating retiree group health coverage effective. Get ready to spend a lot more money out of your own pockets. The system’s nearly 2,900 retirees were promised lifetime coverage, many with UMS paying full lifetime premiums. Now, UMS will …

President Trump holds a swab while speaking Friday with an employee of Puritan Medical Products during a tour of the factory in Guilford. Trump’s actions while in Maine flouted the scientifically based regulations of both state officials and his own public health experts  Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer President Trump’s call to “liberate” Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia – …