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Clark County school is latest to get eyeglasses for students through new Ohio program
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (223+ words) More children will get needed eyeglasses at a Clark County school, thanks to a new state program. At Northeastern Local Schools alone, more than 70 students in kindergarten through third grade will receive comprehensive vision services at no cost. Ohio Gov....
This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (703+ words) Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain network that links the body and mind, a team…...
They're cured of leprosy. Why do they still live in leprosy colonies?
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1358+ words) Alamelu, a gray-haired woman who wears a bright pink sari and a gap-tooth smile, has lived in the Kalvari Nagar leprosy colony in India for 22 years and another colony before that. Her family sent her away when she was only…...
Some Public Health Service officers deployed in detention centers suffer 'moral distress"
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (1489+ words) In 2025, as immigrant arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement soared, so did the demand for health care providers to staff hastily constructed detention centers. One group tapped to meet the need is the U.S. Public Health Service, or USPHS: In the…...
How the new dietary guidelines could impact school meals
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (786+ words) Putting together a school meal isn't easy. "It is a puzzle essentially," said Lori Nelson of the Chef Ann Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes scratch cooking in schools. "When you think about the guidelines, there's so many different pieces that…...
Pet safety tips for extreme cold: 'Bringing pets in is the best and safest option"
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (301+ words) As temperatures remain frigid throughout the Dayton region, the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center is urging pet owners to take precautions with their animals. Recent heavy snowfall, high winds and below-zero temperatures can be even more life-threatening to pets, particularly…...
Ohio was awarded $202 million for rural health. It’s not enough to offset federal Medicaid cuts
1+ week, 1+ day ago (570+ words) Ohio is receiving more than $200 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as part of a newly created federal program to strengthen health care in rural communities. The Rural Health Transformation Program was formed in last summer's budget reconciliation…...
With an ACA fix uncertain in the Senate, Republicans replay old health care fights
1+ week, 1+ day ago (600+ words) At the beginning of the year, it seemed like a bipartisan deal to extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies was within reach. A three-year extension passed in the House, but talks have sputtered in the Senate. Many Republicans in…...
Ohio takes steps to put psychiatric hospital on old Hara Arena site. Local reaction is split
1+ week, 1+ day ago (621+ words) Ohio wants to build a new psychiatric hospital in suburban Dayton, where the Hara Arena once stood. The state bought the site in November. It's about 133 acres on Shiloh Springs Road " 91 acres are in Trotwood, 42 acres in Harrison Township. However…...
New symptom tracker, trial aim to document residents' symptoms after East Palestine train derailment
1+ week, 1+ day ago (608+ words) A new symptom tracker for East Palestine residents is helping researchers document health changes stemming from the Norfolk Southern train derailment three years ago. Residents have long complained about symptoms they say stem from the derailment, which resulted in the…...