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Allergy sufferers give thanks
This requirement would have necessitated a doctor’s co-pay for each appointment, ultimately leading to a massive increase in the cost of these safe, common, vital medicines. It also would have increased the number of doctor visits and thereby strained the demands on Oklahoma’s medical system. As someone who depends on cold and allergy medicine to […]
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Achoo!
Credit: Brad Gregg No matter the weather in Oklahoma, we still somehow manage to get the worst of all seasons. We’re slammed with tornadoes, earthquakes, extreme heat and blizzards — sometimes in a single month. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, OKC nabs the No. 9 spot on a list of the […]
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Honoring Shadid
The Beirut bureau chief for The New York Times, Shadid was 43 when he died of a severe asthma attack. Robert Ford, the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, will conduct the service, which will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. Shadid earned two Pulitzers for his coverage of the […]