PREVENT
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THE PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE
of public health By David N. Sundwall, MD
PUBLIC HEALTH
SOUTHWEST UTA
O u r m i s s i o n i s t o P R OT E C T t h e c o m m u n i t y ' s h e a l
past & present By David Heaton
10 CANCER
the basics By David Blodgett, MD, MPH
OUR 5 COUNTIES
12 ZIKA
the new west nile virus? By Kari Abeyta, RN, BSN
Beaver
PROMOTE
14 AN EPIDEMIC of fear By Anna Almendrala
Iron Panguitch
16 TIPS FOR EATING HEALTHY as a family By Erin Stewart
18
Washington
Kane
WALKING through the ages By David Heaton
20 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS when you drink soda By Lindsay Maxfield
MAGAZINE BOARD
PROTECT
22 FOOD PRESERVATION a lost art By Al Cooper
26 THINK
like a survivor By Paulette Valentine
28 PRESCRIPTION drug safety By Amber M. Rich
30 FLU SHOOTOUT
EDITOR
PUBLISHER
David Heaton
Jeff Shumway
DEPUT Y DIRECTOR
Chris White
HEALTH OFFICER
David Blodgett, MD
DESIGN Kindal Ridd
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