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Opinion I’ve decided to sign up for Twitter’s subscription-based service for a simple reason: to put my money where my mouth is. I’m a verified user, but care not for the blue tick as a status symbol. I applied for it as a sign of authenticity because plenty of websites cut and paste copy from …

SPOKANE, Wash. – A Spokane mother is desperate for answers after her 13-year-old daughter went missing in the middle of the night.  According to Cassie Montgomery, her daughter had minor mouth surgery this week, and was taking over the counter pain medication for pain. Montgomery says her daughter, Bailey, woke up at 2am Thursday morning to …

Students excited to go on their spring break trips are being told it could be dangerous amid the coronavirus outbreak and should consider canceling their trips, if they have not yet been canceled. Sylvia Goodman found out at 7 a.m. Tuesday that her trip to Israel with Northwestern’s journalism department is now cancelled due to …

Oral health is extremely important for everyone including our pet companions. Since oral health is so critical in animals, February has been designated National Pet Dental Health month. Oral health involves all the tissues in the mouth, but the teeth and gums are most commonly affected. It is estimated that 80% of dogs and 70% …

Orange County’s chief health officer told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday the county faces a much greater risk from the flu than the coronavirus that has killed more than 1,000 people, mostly in China, but “all of the science on this is changing rapidly.” The virus, which was renamed COVID-19 on Tuesday by the World …

When most people think of biosecurity, two aspects initially come to mind. Firstly, the prevention of the incursion of naturally occurring infectious agents from one area to another. Typically, this involves the use of policies and preventative measures to stop disease outbreaks happening in the first place. Secondly, once outbreaks of disease have been …

Years of smiling and laughing can leave you with mouth lines that make you look older than you really are. This can be frustrating and upsetting. I know, because when I looked in the mirror and saw the lines around my mouth, the last thing I wanted to do was smile! I discovered that collagen …

Image copyright Reuters A newly-released tool that exploits a vulnerability in Facebook’s WhatsApp allows you to “put words in people’s mouths”, researchers say. A team from cybersecurity firm Checkpoint has demonstrated how the tool can be used to alter the text within quoted messages, making it look as if a person had said something they …

Geez, oral health care can be tough! How do you know what’s normal and what isn’t inside a kid’s mouth? Here are a few quick tips to identify the lumps, bumps, and owies. If in doubt, you can always call your friendly pediatric dentist. Normal stuff: Normal oral anatomy is usually midline or symmetrical. That …