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Back to Normal?

Coping with Isolation as Businesses Reopen Businesses across the U.S. are re-opening after COVID-19 mandated closures. Now, many of us are battling with the desire to participate in our usual summer social activities yet still understand that it is too soon to return to our
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Illustration of a medevil knight fighting another made out of germs. (Illustration: Dan Page)

Prevention

Keep Immune System Healthy to Fight Flu Getting a good night’s sleep and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are two ways to battle the flu bug, as its presence increases across the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting high activity of influenza and
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Working Out

Should You Exercise When You Are Sick? The winter cold and flu season may try to knock out your new year’s plans to get or stay healthy, but the good news is you can fight back.   Dr. Jayson Loeffert, a sports medicine physician at Penn State Health, said it is typically
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