Vitamin D, Zinc & COVID-19
(NBC News) -- Several recent studies have looked at the impact of vitamin D and zinc on COVID-19. One study of 489 people found that those who had a vitamin D…
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Living Well - The Zoom effect
A new survey shows plastic surgery practices here in the United States have seen a 60% increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today's Living Well has alternatives that can also fight what…
Cardboard Desks Aid At-Home Learning
(NBC News) -- As kids and parents struggle with at-home learning this year, a parent-teacher club in Beaverton, Oregon has come up with an A+ idea. “Jarring” is how Ric Shewell…
Beshear points to personal experience to tout mask wearing
Kentucky’s governor has highlighted his own brush with the coronavirus to stress the importance of wearing a mask to combat the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Andy Beshear reported Friday that the state's surging outbreak is continuing. The state posted 1,457 new confirmed virus cases, the state’s third-highest daily total since the pandemic began. The state reported 16 more virus-related deaths. Beshear’s office says the governor will finish his quarantine Saturday. That's two weeks after a member of his security detail tested positive for COVID-19. Beshear says they both wore masks as they sat next to each other in a vehicle.
Decision 2020: Coronavirus & The Campaigns
(NBC News) -- As President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden faced each other on the debate stage Thursday, the COVID-19 pandemic was a main topic of focus...just as…
Kentucky Congressman says he won't get coronavirus vaccine
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Congressman says he won’t be taking the coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie tweeted on Thursday that he hopes a vaccine is developed soon, but he doesn’t plan to…
FDA Panel Addresses Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns
(NBC News) -- An FDA advisory panel convened for the first time Thursday to discuss requirements and guidance surrounding any potential coronavirus vaccine. The meeting was streamed online via…
"Mask Up" - New Campaign Focuses On COVID-19 Prevention
(NBC News) -- Health officials are once again urging Americans to wear masks as a new wave of COVID-19 infections takes hold across the country. In at…
"Zoom Effect" Fuels Plastic Surgery Boom
(NBC News) -- If "mirrors don't lie," what about the millions of computer and phone cameras people are using for video conference calls while working from home? They've spurred what…
COVID-19: Pediatric Infections On The Rise
(NBC News) -- The number of states dealing with a significant increase in coronovirus cases continues to grow, with some areas seeing infections higher than they've been since the start…
Funds aimed at protecting Kentuckians from scams, fraud
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky has been awarded more than $780,000 in federal funding that will be used to help protect residents from scams, fraud and price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic. Beshear announced the funding…
North Carolina Sheriff Reverses Course On Mask Enforcement
(WRAL/NBC News) -- Four months after stating his deputies wouldn’t enforce North Carolina's statewide mask mandate, Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp now says he will start citing businesses…
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