Author: WNKY Staff

Summer safety: avoiding dehydration

(NBC News) Emergency room physician Dr. Shabana Walia says heat exhaustion is the most common illness that comes into the ER every summer, and it’s not always easy to realize when it’s happening to you. She says before you ever go outside, make sure you’re getting plenty of water every day. Fortunately, hydrating foods can help. “About 20% of our…

Feel Good Friday – Zumba

Finding time to work out is a very important step to becoming healthy. Zumba is a form of aerobic exercise that keeps you moving to the beat and stepping in a positive direction towards being happy and healthy. In today’s Feel Good Friday, we spoke with a Zumba instructor that loves to energize the class with her personality. For a…

Supreme Court strikes down census citizenship question

(NBC News) The Supreme Court has ruled against adding a citizenship question to the upcoming 2020 census. The Trump administration argued it was necesarry to get a true snaphot of the population, but opponents called it a thinly disguised effort to scare immigrants. More than a dozen states and immigrant groups argued it would lead to undercounting of areas with…

Democrats 2020: round two

(NBC News) Ten Democratic presidential candidates taking part in tonight’s debate got an early look at the stage Thursday. Last night’s opening scrum featured candidates lagging in fundraising and the polls early in the race. Many consider tonight the main event, with four clear front-runners in group: Former Vice President Joe Biden, Senators Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, and Mayor…

Indiana girl battles flesh-eating bacteria

(WTHR) A Mooresville, Indiana girl is recovering from a flesh eating bacteria. “I knew something was wrong because a doctor doesn’t send you home to pack, to go to an E.R.,” Michelle Brown says. It all started with a scuffed toe that she dipped into the ocean on vacation a week ago Monday in Destin, Florida. “Wednesday we woke up…