What We’re Reading: Bee-Friendly Legislation, Door-to-Door Care and More
In rural parts of the US, access to health care can be scarce, so people often end up calling 911 for even basic medical needs. One solution that’s gaining traction: bringing back the old-fashioned house call. Through community paramedicine programs, paramedics make regular visits to those with health issues in order to provide care before emergencies arise. One place where a small community paramedicine crew is making a big difference, as Marketplace reports in a story that caught Editorial Director Rebecca Worby’s attention: the remote West Texas town of Terlingua and the surrounding desert.
In other news…
Holiday fireworks are a tradition with a long history. Would we be better off leaving that tradition in the past? RTBC Contributing Editor Michaela Haas posed that question in a Viewpoint a few days ahead of the Fourth of July — and explored some spectacular alternatives.
That big question is still reverberating in our minds along with last week’s clangs and booms. And as it turns out, great minds think alike: The New York Times and Outside Magazine both weighed in on this issue.
Did you miss Michaela’s Viewpoint? Check it out here.
