Local solid waste authority SWACO plans to partner Saturday with National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day to provide Franklin County residents a safe, convenient and responsible way to  throw out unwanted prescription drugs. The effort also is intended to educate residents about the potential for abuse of unused medications and the ill effects improperly disposed medications [...]
EAST DORSET, Vt. (AP) — The shrinelike birthplace of one of the two Vermont natives who founded Alcoholics Anonymous is in danger of closing, another victim of the restrictions made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic. The shutdown from March until midsummer meant no people could stay in rooms in the hotel where AA co-founder Bill [...]
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Treating the sick and dying isn't even the toughest part for nurse Amelia Montgomery as the coronavirus surges in her corner of red America. It's dealing with patients and relatives who don't believe the virus is real, refuse to wear masks and demand treatments like hydroxychloroquine, which President Donald Trump has [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — Christy DeGallerie noticed a startling trend in her online group for coronavirus survivors: White patients got medications she'd never heard of, were offered X-rays and their doctors listened to their concerns. That wasn't her experience. When the 29-year-old black woman sought a COVID-19 test at a New York emergency room, a nurse [...]
Despite decades of warnings about the fragility of the supply lines that brought protective gear from overseas factories to America's health care workers, the U.S. was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic and failed to react quickly. With the death toll at over 210,000 and rising, the collapse of medical supply chains continues to cost lives. [...]
A U.S. advisory panel made recommendations Friday for who should be first in line to get COVID-19 vaccine, including a plea for special efforts by states and cities to get the shots to low-income minority groups. As expected, the panel recommended health care workers and first responders get first priority when vaccine supplies are limited. [...]
October is prime time for flu vaccinations, and the U.S. and Europe are gearing up for what experts hope is high demand as countries seek to avoid a "twindemic" with COVID-19. "Take flu out of the equation this fall," said Dr. Daniel Jernigan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A record number [...]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The coronavirus tightened its grip on the American heartland, with infections surging in the Midwest, some hospitals in Wisconsin and North Dakota running low on space and the NFL postponing a game over an outbreak that's hit the Tennessee Titans football team. Midwestern states are seeing some of the nation's highest per [...]
Soft, tiny robots may lead the way to less invasive surgeries and blaze a pathway for treatment of the ailments of 21st century humans, Ohio State University researchers wrote in a joint study with the Georgia Institute of Technology. Published last month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers detailed their discovery, which [...]
Placing an order at a deli counter while wearing a mask and standing six feet away can be difficult. Try teaching a class full of schoolchildren and connecting with students who are themselves wearing masks. Teachers who in ordinary times rely on their voices to convey nuances of language and manage classroom behavior are tasked [...]