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On Veterans Day, red, white and blue eclipses the prison orange. Incarcerated veterans at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC) participated in a special ceremony honoring our nation’s heroes.
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OKLAHOMA CITY - In a move to protect Oklahoma’s faithful frontline healthcare heroes from religious discrimination, the State of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit today to block Ascension Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest healthcare networks, from carrying out its plan to fire employees who have been unfairly denied religious exemptions from Ascension’s nationwide COVID-19 vaccination mandate. “We will not tolerate any form of religious discrimination against Oklahomans who seek reasonable accommodations from vaccine mandates based on their sincerely held religious beliefs,” Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor sai d.
Read moreIt’s no surprise that Americans rank Thanksgiving among one of their favorite holidays. Family, football and a feast… what's not to love?
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POST-PANDEMIC PRO- ACTIVE PLANNING: Just a few months ago, this series of Insights & Outlooks shared the idea behind the writings of Thomas Wolfe in his early 20th century book, “You Can’t Go Home Again.” Just like Wolfe’s message that we cannot go to the home we left, we know that the post pandemic will not be the “normal” that we had prior to March 2020. And now we are several steps into this new normal of the “Post Pandemic,” as we are continuing to navigate through all the challenges and opportunities along the way.
Read moreThe vision research program at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Dean McGee Eye Institute recently received a five-year, $2.9 million grant renewal from the National Eye Institute. Called a P30 Vision Core grant, it supports the work of researchers in 21 laboratories with advanced equipment, sophisticated software, and other innovations to drive research that ultimately will improve the quality of life for patients seeking care for their vision.
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Kitchen safety requires a broad range of efforts to prevent injuries and illnesses. Kitchen safety should involve efforts to keep kids away from sharp objects and hot surfaces. Attempts to prevent foodborne illnesses, which can prove dangerous and potentially deadly, also must be part of maintaining a safe kitchen. The relatively recent rise in food allergies has added a new variable to the mix as well.
Read moreParents can weigh the risk/reward of dining out with unvaccinated children and take as many precautions as possible to keep them healthy.
Read moreVolunteering in your community is a great way to make cities and towns more livable for all residents. Many people take the initiative to volunteer without prompting on the part of a friend, colleague, school official, or religious organization, while others may find it difficult to discover volunteering opportunities in their communities. Thankfully, one program was started to help address that very issue.
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