State and local health officials have had a bruising couple of years in New York, where COVID-19, monkeypox and poliovirus have all demanded acute responses. In Orange County, Dr. Alicia Pointer recently took over as the new Commissioner of Health, after previous posts as Chief of Pediatrics at Cornerstone Family Healthcare in Newburgh, Middletown Community Health Center, and Caring Health Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
For Thanksgiving, we take an audio tour deep inside the Polar Seltzer factory in Worcester, Mass.
We speak with Kathryn de Wit, who manages the Pew Charitable Trust’s broadband research initiative.
We speak with New York state Assemblymember Deborah Glick, who chairs the Higher Education Committee, about the appointment of John King as the next...