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I knew a homeless veteran who lived in a homeless shelter. When I met him, he was unkept and appeared to be isolating. He would not eat or come out of his room. I sensed something was wrong, and sent him to the hospital.

for the past month, emergency rooms, clinics, urgent care centers, and doctors’ offices with flu, RSV, a cold, or COVID.

Prioritizing personal and public health is important but easily neglected. Our actions like activity, diet, and sleep have a direct impact on our body. However, despite this understanding, we frequently overlook the importance of habitual daily behaviors.

I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions anymore. I know myself too well. I know that I tend to make promises to myself that I can’t—or won’t—keep. Two years ago I swore to finally read James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” The dust on that book is two years old now. So, as we begin a new year,

Are you one of the many people who make a New Year’s resolution? For almost three years we have had to deal with COVID, but how we have dealt with it has varied. This year, we should all share a “civil’ resolution that we will keep through the upcoming year.

I recently found a Christmas card my grandparents received. Handwritten under the verse was a wish for them to have a happy and healthy new year. Healthy was underlined twicwe send a greeting to friends and family a Happy New Year. So why the emphasis on health?