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Lindsay Cook, PharmD, is a consultant pharmacist working with long-term care facilities. You should clean your thermometers with rubbing alcohol or bleach wipes regularly to kill germs. It is best to ...

It’s only been a few weeks since school started in New Jersey, but if you’re a parent, you already know: the sniffles, coughs and mystery fevers are back in full swing. As soon as those classroom ...

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Germs are in the air again: Indicators show that the winter wave of flu and COVID is finally under way. Are you on the verge of getting sick? Am I? My 5-year-old does feel a little warm to me; his ...

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that left a popular rapper dead in the city's Olney section. Chopper 6 was over the scene around 3:34 p.m. Friday on the 5500 ...