By JACLYN “JACKIE” FRANKS, MPH HHS Extension Educator, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, Kosciusko County WARSAW — Individually they are small, but collectively they are deadly. Tobacco waste, including cigarette butts, makes up 38 percent of litter us U.S. roadways, which is equivalent to 1.6 billion pounds of toxic waste worldwide per year. When tobacco waste …read more.

By JACLYN FRNKS, MPH HHS Extension Educator, Purdue Extension, Kosciusko County WARSAW — The weather has been getting warmer, the birds are chirping, flowers are blooming and baseball season is in full swing. If you are anything like me, you can’t wait to get outside and enjoy the spring weather. Along with our increased time …read more.

By JACLYN ‘JACKIE’ FRANKS, MPH HHS Extension Educator, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, Kosciusko County WARSAW — Public health touches nearly every aspect of our lives because it promotes and protects the health of people and the communities where we live, learn, work and play. A doctor treats people who are sick, but those of us who …read more.

GOSHEN — If you’re at all like me, you have trouble falling asleep at a decent time at night. Despite my best efforts to go to bed at a decent hour, it always seems to be post-late night comedy that I actually fall asleep.

By JACLYN FRANKS, MPH Purdue Extension — Kosciusko County, HHS Extension Educator WARSAW — January not only ushers in the New Year, but it is also observed as Thyroid Awareness Month. The thyroid is a small, butterfly shaped gland located at the base of the neck below the Adam’s apple. Although it is small, it …read more.