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Help your favorite first responders win the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive

Help your favorite first responders win the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive

Local law enforcement, fire and emergency services agencies in Sevier County, with the help of residents, will compete in a blood drive to save lives through blood donations. There is an especially critical need for type O+ blood. The City of Sevierville Police Department, in partnership with MEDIC Regional Blood Center and our area first responder agencies, has organized a ...

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Police Holding Child Safety Seat Check after Issuing 61 Warnings at Local School

Police Holding Child Safety Seat Check after Issuing 61 Warnings at Local School

As part of their effort to educate parents and caregivers and help keep our children safe, Sevierville Police Department officers were checking vehicles for proper child safety seats on Thursday at the Sevierville Primary School. As parents and caregivers were dropping-off children in the morning and picking them up in the afternoon, officers were standing by. A total of sixty-one ...

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MEDIC Regional Blood Center in Critical Need of Blood Donations

MEDIC Regional Blood Center in Critical Need for Blood Donations

A local blood center that supplies blood to dozens of Tennessee hospitals, including LeConte Medical Center in Sevier County, says the need for blood donations is critical. Due to an increase in demand, MEDIC Regional Blood Center has less than a two-day supply of O+, O- and A+ blood types. MEDIC Regional Blood Center has a critical need for: O ...

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Pet Foods Potentially Linked to Heart Disease in Dogs and Cats

Pet Foods Potentially Linked to Heart Disease in Dogs and Cats

Federal regulators continue to investigate an increase of dilated cardiomyopathy cases in dogs and cats fed pet foods containing peas, lentils and potatoes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration began an investigation in July 2018 after increased reports of canine dilated cardiomyopathy occurring in dog breeds not typically genetically prone to the disease. Dogs in those reports had been fed ...

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Regulators Issue Warning for Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play after 10 Infant Deaths

Regulators Issue Warning for Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play after 10 Infant Death

Federal safety regulators and Fisher-Price are warning parents about the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper after deaths of ten infants related to the product, but stopped short of issuing a recall. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fisher-Price say consumers should no longer use the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper after an infant reaches three months old or can roll over. ...

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Low-Cost Rabies Vaccinations Available in Sevier County

Low-Cost Rabies Vaccinations Available in Sevier County

The Sevier County Health Department is partnering with county veterinarians to offer low-cost rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats at Sevier County locations May 7 – 16, 2019. Tennessee law requires all dogs and cats over 6 months of age be vaccinated for rabies. 6:30-7:15 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Wearwood Elementary School, 226 Cedar St in SeviervilleNorthview Primary ...

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Four Medicare Changes for 2019 You Should Know

Four Medicare Changes for 2019 You Should Know

The beginning of 2019 has ushered in several very critical Medicare changes. Some changes will affect all Medicare beneficiaries while others will only impact those who choose Medicare Advantage plans. The first change is that Medicare Advantage now has its own open enrollment period, from January 1 – March 31, 2019. For those that selected a Medicare Advantage plan during ...

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Excessive Vitamin D Prompts Hill’s Science Diet Dog Food Recall

Science Diet Dog Food Recall Issued Due to Excessive Vitamin D

Hill’s Pet Nutrition has issued a Science Diet dog food recall of select canned dog food products due to potentially elevated levels of vitamin D. Hill’s Pet Nutrition says it learned of the potential for elevated vitamin D levels in some canned dog foods after receiving a complaint in the United States about a dog exhibiting signs of elevated vitamin ...

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Major Dog Food Recall Due to Potentially Toxic Levels of Vitamin D

Major Dog Food Recall Due to Potentially Toxic Levels of Vitamin D

The FDA announced on Monday that a dog food recall has been issued for several major brands of dry dog food after receiving complaints that dogs eating the food experienced vitamin D toxicity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned dog owners and veterinarians about the dog food recall on Dec. 3, 2018, stating that the the agency found excessive, ...

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