Jackie Duda

Oct 28, 2024 | fredericknewspost.com | Jackie Duda

When D60 played Bushwaller’s in May, the place was packed, heads bobbed in unison, and people sang along to favorites like “Good Riddance” and “Gangsta's Paradise.” The music poured out into the street and even enticed members of a bridal party across the way to wander over.

Sep 10, 2024 | thehealthy.com | Jackie Duda |Costco Connection

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that requires you act fast. You can’t just “sleep on it,” like I almost did, back when I didn’t even know what sepsis was. Today, I feel fortunate I’m here to tell about it. The Sepsis Alliance is a national patient advocacy organization that defines sepsis as “your body’s overactive and toxic response to an infection … [when] for reasons researchers don’t understand, sometimes the immune system stops fighting the ‘invaders,’ and begins to turn on itself.

Aug 12, 2024 | thehealthy.com | Jackie Duda |Costco Connection

A reporter learned that a medical pedicure can be next-level health care for some conditions—or for anyone who favors the ultimate hygiene. I swim every day and walk for miles. Lately, my feet have been showing and feeling signs of chlorine-exposed, pavement-pounding mistreatment: Splits, dryness, painful toenails and burning soles, all aggravated by the fact I have P.O.T.S. and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Mar 5, 2024 | capitalandmain.com | Jackie Duda

When Waupaca Foundry, a large iron works company with operations in several states, announced the closure of its plant in Etowah, Tennessee, in April 2022 and shed 86% of its workforce, Brad Moses was one of those who lost their jobs. An environmental, health and safety manager at the foundry, he had given 24 years of his life to the company, raising his family in the county. It was tough for the 52-year-old, who has a wife and seven kids.

Feb 4, 2024 | fredericknewspost.com | Jackie Duda

“It’s like being in the ‘Happy Feet’ movie,” said wildlife and wedding photographer Kathleen Ricker of Monrovia, who returned from her fifth trip to Antarctica in December. Ricker has journeyed across all seven continents, with Antarctica being one of her favorite adventures. On her recent chilly expedition, she was intent on seeing the Emperor penguins, while also capturing photographs of environmental changes that have impacted the Antarctic peninsula since her first trip there in 2015.