Health and Fitness

The USDA says a general rule of thumb is that if, say, that chuck roast has been in your fridge for more than four days, it’s time to chuck it.

Yakima hospital is converting Creekside HealthyNow clinic into testing center, adding new measures at the main building to accommodate local COVID-19 patients.

In times of uncertainty, people enter a panic zone that makes them irrational and completely neurotic.

Among other local measures, Bishop Joseph Tyson has canceled Masses and “suspended indefinitely the public celebration of all Masses in the Diocese of Yakima.”

The Yakima Health District continues to monitor the community for more signs of the virus.

Yakima Health District officials say if you attended an event at the Yakima Square Dance Center in Moxee recently, you should watch for signs of coronavirus.

Experts say if you are concerned about an upcoming trip, don’t buy into all the hype and misinformation circulating on social media. Instead, they say, stay informed through reliable sources and when in doubt, contact your travel agent, cruise line or airline for the very latest.

Tonight's weight-loss and smoking-cessation sessions with hypnotist Mark Patrick are filling up fast, but you can still sign up at the door in Yakima.

People who eat an egg everyday are no more likely than those who rarely eat eggs to have high cholesterol, heart attacks, strokes or to die prematurely.

A beeping alarm might disrupt or confuse our brain activity as we wake up, while a more melodic sound, or song, might help us awaken more effectively.

A free self-defense class was held Saturday at the Yakama Nation Tribal School in recognition of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

The hospital is restricting children 12 or younger -- and anyone with the flu or exhibiting flu-like symptoms (fever or coughs) -- from visiting patients