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Rabies exposure comes from saliva contact

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Rabies exposure comes from saliva contact

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Hello again, dear readers, and welcome back to the monthly letters column.You’ve filled our mailboxes to the brim, so we’ll dive right in.— We recently discussed the series of shots required when someone is exposed to rabies.

Family estrangement doesn’t skip a generation

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Family estrangement doesn’t skip a generation

Saturday, March 18, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: My mother has always expressed frustration with her immediate family, specifically her parents and her sister. She moved away from them as soon as she turned 18.

Biden and Democrats’ crime problem

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Biden and Democrats’ crime problem

Friday, March 17, 2023

What’s one good clue that President Joe Biden really intends to run for reelection in 2024? He is trying to distance himself from the Democratic Party’s soft approach to crime.

Boyfriend to help brother with addiction

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Boyfriend to help brother with addiction

Friday, March 17, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: My brother has been battling substance addiction for a while now. My boyfriend struggled with the same thing for years before I met him, and he is now completely sober, healthy and thriving. I want the same thing for my brother.

The best way to fight pink eye is with hygiene

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The best way to fight pink eye is with hygiene

Friday, March 17, 2023

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: Our 7-year-old came home from school with an itchy eye. A few days later, all three of our kids, plus my husband and I, had pink eye. Our family doctor gave us antibiotic eyedrops, and it was gone in a few days.

The humanities are not dead

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The humanities are not dead

Thursday, March 16, 2023

All right then, it’s official.People like me have gone out of fashion, grown superannuated, way past their sellby date.

Complications from tattoos are rare

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Complications from tattoos are rare

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: What is the latest understanding, from a medical standpoint, about the safety of tattoos? I read about someone with a tattoo who received burns on his chest during an MRI. I also heard about tattoo ink interfering with X-ray results.

Work schedule causes cycle of sickness

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Work schedule causes cycle of sickness

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: I feel like I have been sick all winter. I know part of it is because I have been going too hard, but I don’t know how to stop. My job has me out and about many evenings during the week.

Two Nixon ‘hands’ take broader view

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Two Nixon ‘hands’ take broader view

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Two old Richard Nixon hands and a columnist walk into a downtown city club and ...That’s not the opening of a joke.

Voluntering makes a person feel more useful

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Voluntering makes a person feel more useful

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Ivolunteered for a writers’ conference in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where my husband, Peter, and I stay. I love writers’ conferences.