Enterovirus D68 prevention: Be vigilant
An alarming virus, named Enterovirus D68, a non-polio enterovirus, has been spreading throughout the country and infecting children, particularly those
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Deirdre Reilly has written one humor book, and authored a syndicated family life column for Gatehouse Media for 13 years. She has won a Massachusetts Press Award for humor, her op-eds have been published in the Boston Herald and The Hartford Courant, and she has had short fiction published in literary journals. Deirdre was raised in Columbia, Md., and now lives outside Boston, Ma. She enjoys outdoor pursuits, and is obsessed with the care and happiness of a retired carriage horse named Nello that she bought for a few hundred dollars on a menopausal whim.
Author: Deirdre Reilly
ISIS: More than a terrorist organization
Abu Mosa, Islamic State Press Officer (Vice Documentary on ISIS, via YouTube) It would be helpful if American journalists, at
Read moreBowe Bergdahl: Should Obama be trading five prisoners for an American soldier?
American soldier Bowe Bergdahl, captured and held by the Taliban for the past five years, has been traded for five
Read moreU.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi jailed in Mexico after wrong turn
U.S. Marine Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi has been jailed in Mexico on weapons trafficking charges since March 31, He mistakenly made a wrong
Read moreMeriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag sentenced to death for marrying a Christian man
A Sudanese court has sentenced a Christian Sudanese woman to be both beaten with one hundred lashes and hanged for
Read moreMother is her lens
Mom ( Jean) on the right, with her friend Liz. Photo by Deirdre Reilly. When I was a little girl,
Read moreBoston Marathon: We will be cheering on our heroes
Marathon Monday 2013 was, for me, just like any other day. I live thirteen miles outside Boston, Massachusetts. We are
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