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Today, I’m excited to bring back a feature from before the COVID-19 pandemic called Healthy Actions.  In the monthly series, which started in 2018, I pick topics of wide interest to educate readers who might not otherwise have access to our area health experts. The series continued in 2019 and a bit of 2020 before the …

In this third installment of the “A Year of Health” series, we take a look at financial health. Finances are the number one cause of stress, according to the insurance company Blue Cross/Blue Shield. From millennials to boomers, people of all ages are experiencing stress over finances such as saving for retirement, paying bills or …

The following message from Drexel President John Fry about Thanksgiving break was sent to the Drexel community: Thanksgiving this year will be unlike any we have experienced, with the necessary health and safety precautions limiting travel and our ability to gather with even our closest family and friends. It is more important than we ever …

AUBURN — Teams from DeKalb Molded Plastics and Tempus Technologies turned out Sept. 25 to work on projects as part of the annual United Way Day of Caring. This year’s Day of Caring is different than in previous years. In a normal year, without a pandemic, all projects typically would have been completed on the …

Health care providers and others from the community joined hands Saturday before the start of the Caring Community Nurses free health screenings event at the Greenwood County Library. Their prayer was simple: Let the services provided be a blessing to the community. “We wanted to be right here in the heart of Greenwood so we …

Shuttershock By Bayer BIODIVERSITY AND SOIL HEALTH: HOW CARING FOR ONE PROTECTS THE OTHER Just like the air we breathe or the water we drink, soil needs to be protected. Strong, rich soil gives life to the entire food chain. It helps plants create nutrients. Healthy soil defends plants from harm. And when properly managed, …