To figure out what will stick and what won’t, look at the deeper forces that led things to be the way they were prior to the virus. Will those forces remain? Strengthen? Weaken? They shaped life before, and will shape life after — but with a pandemic twist we can now start to understand, writes columnist Michael R. Strain.
The injuries suffered by a Guard member from Sand Springs while assisting motorists during a winter storm prompted the legislation.
Guard Specialist Cody Casey was injured while helping stranded motorists during a storm in February when his Humvee was hit by a truck near Vinita, and U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice is concerned for his long-term care.
"We’re sick. They are stinking rich. Regulate prices" says Tulsa resident Grant McClintock.
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The exemption will allow the OU Health system to train 160 additional nursing graduates and nurse practitioners annually and 70 additional medical residents within three years, officials said
Laura Dern wants to raise awareness for lung cancer after losing her grandfather to the disease when she was just six years old.
To improve health in neighborhoods north of Admiral Boulevard, getting the free coronavirus vaccine is a start, says Tulsa resident Mary Husband.
An overactive bladder is common, affecting more than 33 million Americans. In general, the risk for it increases with age.
Prosecutors had to show that Chauvin caused Floyd's death through culpable negligence that created an unreasonable risk, and that he conscious…
Fasting during Ramadan while having diabetes requires advanced planning.
Hospital blood usage has surged nearly 10% over previous levels, as our community moved into COVID recovery mode. Blood donors are needed imme…
Lawanda Ward, 46, died Jan. 6, 2020, after she was found unresponsive in her cell as a detention officer entered to ready her for court that morning. She was arrested four days earlier on four misdemeanor larceny warrants after Tulsa police officers encountered her on the scene of another larceny.
Stillwater firefighter Randy Blake spent nearly five months hospitalized after contracting COVID-19 and needed to undergo a double lung transplant to survive a severe bout with the illness.
Dr. Lawrence Lee has been treating COVID patients for going on a year now.
In 2000, Oklahomans voted to support an ambitious initiative to improve the health of the state’s residents, lessen the toll of tobacco use an…
In rural Oklahoma, some medical professionals are performing treatments with which they aren't familiar or comfortable. Some patient transfers for higher levels of care are delayed by several hours or even a couple of days.
George Baker and Calvin McGown, both now deceased, grew up just a few miles from each other in Okmulgee County. But they wouldn't meet until they ended up in the same German prison camp during WWII.
"It’s almost overtaking our ability to take care of folks," Dr. Jennifer Clark says, with the full effects of the holiday season yet unknown because of testing lulls and reporting lags.
"We don’t want anyone who needs help to hesitate getting it," a Tulsa physician says.
The record number of COVID-19 infections across the state continued Sunday after the Oklahoma Department of Health reported 3,923 new cases and 12 more deaths.
COVID-19: 3,923 new cases, 12 more deaths; record statewide virus surge continues
Tony Lauinger's Oct. 7 letter ("Pro-life Inhofe") praising Sen. Jim Inhofe for being pro-life was misleading. Lauinger's view of what it means…
