Health

If it is true (and it is) that Sharon Hospital is there for Tri-state area residents when they need a small, good hospital, for everything from maternity to emergency room visits, it is equally true that many of the region’s celebrities make themselves available to help the hospital when it is in need.

About five years ago the world decided that bone broth was a magical elixir that could help cure our most serious afflictions (which at that time mostly seemed to amount to wrinkles and joint pain).

We received an email this week from a reader who had sent a natural holiday tree to a relative at Noble Horizons in Salisbury, with lights and decorations on it. The administration decided that to have such a tree in the senior facility was unsafe.

Development and distribution of the vaccine to protect against COVID-19 has moved very quickly, leaving many people with questions about what’s happening.

What is a vaccine? 

SHARON — Anyone who has been exposed to or diagnosed with COVID-19 and did not require hospitalization may be eligible to take part in clinical studies examining both the treatment and prevention of the virus.

I used to think of white flour as the food equivalent of printer paper: White and bland and not very nutritious. 

Two things have given me increased respect for the powdery white stuff. 

We spend a lot of time in the Tri-state region thinking about tick bites, and sometimes forget that there are other extremely dangerous insects right outside our homes. 

TORRINGTON — You might have seen a post on social media from the McCall Center for Behavioral health in Torrington announcing a new program, COVID-19 Assistance for Community Health (COACH).

And if you call the number given (860-626-9805), you’ll speak to Manny Barreto, a crisis counselor.