With COVID-19 infections continuing to rise in the county, and hospitalization numbers increasing over the past several weeks, county officials have urged residents and businesses to don masks before they […]
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Despite calls for regular screening, children’s vision problems increase
Jessica Oberoi, 13, can’t exactly remember when her eyesight started getting blurry. All she knows is that she had to squint to see the whiteboard at school. It wasn’t until […]
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Rate of teenage overdose rises sharply during pandemic
The rate of overdose deaths among U.S. teenagers nearly doubled in 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, and rose another 20 percent in the first half of 2021 […]
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Do we need a yearly shot for COVID-19 virus?
When Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on March 13 that all Americans would need a second booster shot, it struck many covid experts as a self-serving remark without scientific merit. […]
