Imagine my surprise when I opened the door to the dental clinic and saw that no one was wearing a mask. Not the two patients in the waiting room and not the three staffe...
During the COVID-19 era — which seems to never end — we’ve seen numerous examples of local residents or organizations riding to the rescue for those in need.
This past w...
Now that the top U.S. health regulators have delivered their verdict on COVID-19 booster shots, who exactly is in line to get one in the coming weeks?
Sadly, too many o...
Those who rely on public transportation in the Butler area community were given some bad news last week: Due to all but one of its 10 local drivers being ill, all local ...
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.
None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social medi...
It’s been said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but in some cases one man’s trash is another’s headache.
This is the case at the St. Vincent de Paul Socie...
In the Butler Memorial Hospital ICU, where I have worked for the last 23 of my 28 years as a bedside nurse, the alarms, shrill and insistent, shriek nonstop. Ours is a 2...
Remember those vaccine mandates? They might be working after all.
North Carolina’s major health care systems were some of the first employers in the state to announce a ...
A year and a half into the pandemic, the long-feared specter of rationed health care — that is, the delay or denial of medical treatment to some patients who need it bec...
Social media is a minefield of adolescent anxieties, as any parent can attest. Numerous studies have suggested a connection between excessive use of online platforms (an...
