Feb. 27—ENID, Okla. — Autry Technology Center bills itself as the “healthcare hub of northwest Oklahoma,” offering three full-time health science career training programs for high school students and adults and five advanced medical classes for adults only. “It is important that we are training our students to go to […]
Month: February 2021
Medicaid transformation details to arrive soon
Feb. 20—In early March, many of those who receive services through Medicaid, a federal program established to provide health care services for the impoverished, will be receiving a packet concerning future medical services. Don’t throw it out, warned Ira Dove, the director of the Haywood County Health and Human Services […]
A year after a father’s COVID-19 death, a family confronts their loss
Day after day, Abby Adair Reinhard slumped out of her home office around dinnertime, her father’s death from COVID-19 still fresh in her mind. Working to keep her flooring business afloat and worried about her mother’s health, she had little time for her three young kids. “I would come out […]
10 Forgotten Viral Videos Of The Early 2010s That Are Still Funny Today
There have been some crazy viral videos over the last few decades, from performances like “Evolution of Dance” to ones viewers can’t help but laugh along with like “Chewbacca Mom.” There have been honest and funny home videos, like “Charlie Bit My Finger” and “Keyboard Cat” and emotional ones like […]
Designer Dentistry Beam St. is the Pioneer of Dental Protection and Prevention
Beam St. takes a preventative approach in keeping their patient’s healthy through education and regularly scheduled visits NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / February 25, 2021 / Boutique dental studio, Beam St., takes a unique approach to dentistry. Beam St. is all preventative. Their particular strategy not only saves their […]
I Upgraded My Toothpaste And Now Look Forward To Brushing My Teeth Twice A Day
For many of us, brushing our teeth is just a small component of our daily routines. It’s a habit: something we do at the beginning and the end of each and every day. We’ve been doing it since we were children; we give very little thought to the couple of […]
7 Common Teeth Whitening Mistakes to Avoid
teeth-whitening-mistakes: woman with white teeth smiling Getty Images These days, teeth whitening is more popular—and accessible—than ever. Not only do most dental practices offer professional whitening, but many stores now sell at-home teeth whitening kits that you can use on your own time. While this accessibility means more affordability, it […]
What’s Safe To Do After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine? Experts Weigh In.
If you just got the coronavirus vaccine and your mind is buzzing thinking about all the things you can potentially do now that you’ve got some protection against COVID-19, it’s certainly understandable. This has been an incredibly tough year, and we’ve given up a lot. We haven’t been able to […]
3 Reasons You Could Have a Tooth Ache During Pregnancy
There are certain symptoms that most people know come along with being pregnant—like morning sickness and having to pee all the time. But one other thing that can happen? Changes to your oral health that can lead to many a toothache during pregnancy. When you’re expecting, your hormones fluctuate, and […]
Amazon has a secret coupon section where you can score huge savings
Yahoo Life is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Save big on computers, tech, skincare and more. (Photo: Amazon) Love to coupon? While saving an […]
The Reinvention of Ryan and Sara Hall
Photo credit: Jesse Rieser From Runner’s World Leap Day, February 29, 2020. Sara and Ryan Hall are in the backseat of an Uber, sitting in traffic—and silence—in downtown Atlanta. Shivering a little in her race kit, Sara accepts Ryan’s offer of his sweatshirt. The driver mutters something about road closures. […]
COVID-19 good news: 1st doses of vaccine have reached almost all Oregonians in long-term care
Oregon quietly reached a monumental milestone last week in the fight against COVID-19. First doses of the vaccine for COVID-19 have reached almost every nursing home, assisted living and memory care facility in the state, according to the pharmacies distributing it. But it’s still hard to evaluate how successful the […]
Take it with a Grain Assault | Guest Columns
Once again, we shine the spotlight on subpar spelling and grammar, lifted directly from the pages of Facebook and other social media sites. As always, some of these will make you laugh. Others might make you cry. Even though Deputy Barney Fife constantly told Andy he would “nip it in […]
COVID-19 death toll leaves survivors struggling to rebuild
CLOSE A new report finds that life expectancy in U.S. dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths. Minorities suffered the biggest impact. (Feb 18) AP Domestic Day after day, Abby Adair Reinhard slumped out of her home […]
Weird sounds in scene songs
[Photos via YouTube] Sometimes, the best music doesn’t come purely from guitars, basses, drums and so forth. There are instances where the coolest sounds that make or break a track come from everyday objects, voices of strangers and more. Recording technology has come a long way from the old days, […]
A Week In Atlanta, GA, On A $70,000 Salary
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. Today: a risk and insights analyst who makes $70,000 and spends some of her money […]
‘We cannot make the same mistakes as last year’
Boris Johnson has promised that Britain’s lockdown exit strategy will be “cautious but irreversible”, insisting that he wants this third national lockdown to be the UK’s last. The ‘stay at home’ message will be dropped and the Prime Minister has said that the priority for Britain’s exit strategy will be […]
Pandemic makes prostitution taboo in Nevada’s legal brothels
While the business of legal bordellos may seem incompatible with social distancing, sex workers say that’s not the case. (Keith Srakocic | AP file photo) Allissa Starr poses for a photograph Feb. 8 along the north shore of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. Starr worked about a week every month […]
We will never fix universities until we admit that too many people go to them
Cancel culture – that witch-hunt of the woke – is now so bad in our universities that the Government has decided that it has to appoint a champion to just allow free debate. Don’t let anyone tell you that there isn’t a problem in academia. From Churchill College Cambridge’s panel, […]
Medcalf: A racism reckoning in Rondo
In the 1950s, Debbie Montgomery, a former St. Paul City Council member and the first woman hired by the St. Paul Police Department, watched her parents thrive in the city’s Rondo neighborhood. The flourishing Black family owned a multilevel home and a pair of lots, crucial acquisitions toward building generational […]