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Myth: Vitamin C prevents illness You may turn to large doses of vitamin C during the winter months to avoid getting sick, but unfortunately this doesn’t work. Where vitamin C may have some merit is in its ability to shorten the duration of a cold once you’re already under the weather.

Reading ingredients lists on food-packaging labels can help shoppers determine if foods and beverages contain potentially unhealthy amounts of added sugars. Sugar is often seen as a guilty pleasure that’s only to be enjoyed on rare occasions.

After a year of financial precariousness for so many, those who have the means may be setting 2021 money resolutions to get back on track. According to a new survey commissioned by NerdWallet and Marcus by Goldman Sachs and conducted online by The Harris Poll among over 3,000 U.S.

February 23, 1971 Slants Neal Moyer was a bit concerned Sunday over the weather reports, checking frequently on road conditions to Ada... He commutes daily to East Central to class and wondered if he would have snow-covered or icy pavement Monday morning, but the roads were clear...

As of this advisory, there are 419,853 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. 797 is today’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. All deaths reported today are from Jan. 1-16, 2021. There are 22 additional deaths identified to report.

Today is the 54th day of 2021 and the 65th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1778, Baron von Steuben joined the U.S. encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help train the Continental Army.

DEAR ABBY: When I stopped by my brother’s house a couple of weeks ago, he mentioned that his 9-year-old son was grounded in his bedroom. He was being punished for snooping in his dad’s vintage collection of porn.

Staff shortages and equipment transition for the relocated Public Health Lab in Stillwater have caused state health officials to outsource certain tests to private labs, and in some cases to a public health lab in Minnesota.

The modern era is often referred to as the “Digital Age,” but mankind’s relationship with science and technology dates back much further than the 21st century. According to Wired.

The Seminole community was dealt a major loss this past week with the passing of a long-time businessman and civic leader. Howard Edward Hardin, known to most locals as simply “Ed,” died unexpectedly on Monday, Feb. 15 at the age of 71.