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National Burn Week: Feb 6-12th, 2022

National Burn Awareness Week runs Feb. 6-12. This year’s theme from the American Burn Association is “Burning Issues in the Kitchen.”

Learn more about National Burn Week, and how to keep yourself an others safe.

Low Vision: What You Should Know

Your eyes are an important part of your health.

February is Low Vision Awareness Month, so let’s raise awareness as it’s important to be able to identify and treat eye disease as early as possible!

Why Glaucoma Awareness is Important

It’s a silent disease Open-angle glaucoma, the most common type, has no symptoms. Without treatment, those affected will slowly lose their peripheral vision. As glaucoma remains untreated, people may miss objects to the side and out of the corner of their eye. It gives others a voice National Glaucoma Awareness Month helps patients cope. It’s…

January is National Blood and Organ Donor Month!

Why Give Blood? You don’t need a special reason to give blood. You just need your own reason. Some of us give blood because we were asked by a friend. Some know that a family member or a friend might need blood some day. Some believe it is the right thing to do. Some do…

Frequently Asked Influenza (Flu) Questions: 2021-2022 Season

What’s New for 2021-2022 Most people who get flu will recover on their own in a few days to two weeks, but some people will experience severe complications, requiring hospitalization. Secondary bacterial infections are more common with influenza than with COVID-19. A few things are different for the 2021-2022 influenza (flu) season, including: The composition…