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Home Hot Zone

How to Self-Quarantine at Home A national emergency has been declared. Coronavirus cases are rising. The likelihood that you may soon be exposed is increasing. You will need to know what to do if you do get exposed and have to self-quarantine.   Assume someone in your home
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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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Scrub-a-dub-dub

Hand Sanitizers Are Good, Washing Is Better Whether they dangle from keychains, spritz from pens or froth and pump out of clinic and classroom dispensers, hand sanitizers are convenient alternatives to handwashing, and they do work.   But when it comes to keeping germs away
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