Online Public Health Degrees For A Great Career

Online public health degrees may not have the glamor of medical degrees but the former is still very crucial. There is an old saying, “prevention is better than cure” and people with online degrees in public health, such as social workers,  play a major role in preventing illnesses.

Were it not for these social workers, clinics and hospitals would be a lot more burdened with sick people than they are.

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Is Portland School Board Decision Craziness In Reverse?

The decision by the Portland, Maine school board to allow the school’s health center to provide emergency contraception to 11-13 year-old women has shown fine lines between sex education and a school board’s role in addressing real-life, sexually-related situations—even when the school board might have no role.

Portland is a mid-sized city, internationally recognized to have a very high quality of life. I found the Wikipedia page for Portland, Maine and learned that this mid-sized metro area of approximately 64,000 residents is a highly desirable place to live, start a business, or just plain visit. Honors listed on the Wiki included:

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