Summer fitness

Juan Hernandez uses the gym at the Acme Brick Park Rec Center to stay in shape.

Sweet treats

Margaret Howlingwolf enjoys an ice cream float provided by Shepherd Home Health at Clinton Therapy and Living Center.

New parents may not be able to visualize that one day their largest expenditures won’t be centralized around providing necessities for their children.

Choosing the right equipment

Arnold Fanshier, left, shows Emily Weixel how to operate a lift chair at Western Medical Equipment. CDN

Answering health questions

Pharmacy clerk Kinley Grybowski, left, Connie Cummins, and Sue Phillips discuss the different types of masks available at Salisbury Pharmacy. CDN

A license to drive has long been symbolic of independence. Teenage drivers long for the day they earn their licenses and can take to the road without mom or dad riding shotgun, while aging drivers want to keep driving as long as possible so they can come and go as they please in their golden years.

Drive-thru prescriptions

Pharmacist Ross Foster hands a customer their prescription through the drive-thru at Western Drug. CDN

“Let food be thy medicine” is a quote attributed to Hippocrates, the ancient scholar considered to be the father of modern medicine. The saying relates to the notion that what people put in their bodies can heal and/or prevent certain conditions.

The efforts of researchers and public health officials in developing safe and successful COVID-19 vaccines was nothing short of historic. Vaccines typically take years to develop, but a combination of factors enabled researchers to make COVID-19 vaccines available to vulnerable populations by December 2020, or roughly nine months after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic.

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