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OCHD: Get Kids Fully Vaccinated Before School Starts

Utica, NY (WIBX) -It’s almost time for kids to head back to school, and parents are getting a friendly reminder from the Oneida County Health Department about staying up-to-date with vaccinations. 

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mikebaird, flickr
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Losing Weight Can Be a Breeze When You Diet with a Friend

If you’re having trouble losing weight, maybe you just need a buddy.

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China Photos/Getty Images
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The Mystery of Yawning And Why It’s So Darn Catching!

Tell me I'm not the only one who yawned just looking at this picture! In fact I've yawned several times just THINKING about writing this and even something as simple as typing or reading the word does it to me! Excuse me while I do it AGAIN... Why IS that?!?

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Joe Raedle, Getty Images
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Dozens Get Sick After Catching Mysterious Illness While Visiting Disney World

Walt Disney World bills itself as “the happiest place on earth,” but it was anything but for several dozen people who became ill after visiting a nature tour in June.

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Young Model With Down Syndrome Makes History

Models with Down syndrome aren’t new — earlier this year, Target drew praise for featuring a boy with the chromosomal condition in one of its ads. But in a first, a little girl with Down syndrome is now fronting a whole campaign.

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Honey, They Shrunk Our… Snacks?!?

Remember walking in to your old elementary school and sitting at your desk and somehow not being able to fit?  Obviously there’s an easy explanation for that, you’re twice as tall as you were in the 5th grade, but how do you explain looking at that Little Debbie package in your hand and thinking, didn’t these used to be bigger?  Have we just grown like in the case of our school desks or is there something else afoot?

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kpishdadi, flick
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British Teenager May Die From Drinking Too Much Coke

Zoe Cross has a drinking problem.

But it’s not what you think.

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Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images
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Facebook Yoga Instructor Fired After Demanding Cell Phones Be Shut Off — Is It Fair?

Yoga is meant to be a relaxing and purifying activity, one whose entire purpose can be disrupted by things like cell phones. California yoga instructor Alice Van Ness had one critical policy for her students: turn the cell phones off.

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Are Cat Owners More Likely to Commit Suicide?

Conventional wisdom holds that keeping a pet can actually improve your health. But a new study suggests that people who own cats may actually be at a higher risk of committing suicide. Ack! Suddenly we’re looking at our kitty in a whole new light.

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Science May Have Finally Found a Cure for the Hangover

Thanks to some of the best minds of our time, we’re finally being given concrete tips that will help us get over those horrid headaches we experience after a night of partying.

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Alex Wong, Getty Images
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Supreme Court Upholds Obama’s Health Care Law

The Obama administration got an enormous victory on Thursday when the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the President’s signature achievement: the 2010 health care law.

And in a surprise to many court watchers, it was Chief Justice John Roberts who sided with the more liberal justices and wrote the majority opinion.

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When Should Kids With ADHD Start Taking Medication?

Medicating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is seen as controversial in some circles, but a new study suggests kids who start taking the drugs as young as 4 years old may do better academically than those who start in middle school.

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