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The harassment has grown more frequent and more threatening, said Jefferson County Public Health Executive Director Dawn Comstock.

The family of Ray DeMonia, 73, is urging people to get vaccinated after dozens of hospitals in three states were too overrun with covid-19 patients to treat him.

At least six unvaccinated maternity staffers at Lewis County General Hospital in New York have resigned in recent days and seven others remain undecided on whether to get vaccinated.

Be on the lookout for the plant’s three leaves on a reddish stem. When you’re in the great outdoors, be careful what you touch.

The research involved 2,110 middle-aged adults who wore a step-counting device and then were tracked for nearly 11 years.

People aren’t their illness. Don’t call someone “a schizophrenic,” for example, experts say. Instead say, “a person with schizophrenia.”

After a long delay, the lawsuit by the FTC and N.Y. against the makers of the over-the-counter supplement is moving forward again.

Grapes exposed to smoke absorb chemicals that can alter — and sometimes taint — the taste and smell of resultant wines. Researchers are trying to figure how to solve this issue.

For war veterans and others, the method may treat schizophrenia, dementia, PTSD, substance addiction and some phobias, psychiatrists say.

The answer: The makeup of a person’s mouth bacteria is more likely to predispose someone to gum disease than their DNA.