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Lubbock Health Department hosts MMR vaccine drive in Lubbock

Daily News Lesson September 03 2025

Epidemiologist breaks down new restrictions on COVID shots

Learn why the FDA has limited access to COVID vaccines to those most at risk

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Daily News Lesson August 05 2025

Why American children are less healthy now than nearly two decades ago

Learn more about why children’s health in America has declined so significantly over the past two decades

Students get their lunch from a salad bar at the school cafeteria as some of more than 8,000lbs of locally grown broccoli from a partnership between Farm to School and Healthy School Meals is served at Marston Middle School in San Diego

Lesson Plan April 11 2025

Lesson plan: Charting a course to healthy eating habits using robotics

Encourage students to consider the impact of their dietary decisions on overall well-being — with the help of robotics

Lubbock Health Department hosts MMR vaccine drive in Lubbock

Daily News Lesson April 10 2025

Man whose blood helped develop measles vaccine weighs in on recent outbreak

Learn why a former vaccine skeptic is now advocating for vaccine awareness

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Daily News Lesson April 08 2025

How doctors are treating a rise in diabetes in rural areas

Diabetes affects 38 millions Americans — learn more about this disease and how it is treated

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Daily News Lesson March 28 2025

Ex-NIH director and truck driver explore how to bridge divisions deepened by the pandemic

Learn about what they agree on and how they can settle their differences

Purple Apron Program Provides Food to Diabetic Patients

Daily News Lesson February 10 2025

How federal funding disruption is impacting community health and Head Start services

Discuss the impact of frozen federal payments on local community programs

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Daily News Lesson July 29 2024

Art in action: Theater adapts ‘An Enemy of the People’ to address public health after the pandemic

Explore how a classic play highlights the connection between democracy and public health.

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Daily News Lesson April 05 2024

Concerns grow about risks of bird flu in U.S.

Learn why public health officials are concerned about bird flu showing up in cows across the U.S.

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Lesson Plan March 14 2024

What is invention education? Explainer and lesson plans where students are the inventors!

Teach students how to design their own inventions that help their communities

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