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Keep Cool This Summer with Tips to Prevent Heat Illnesses
Western North Carolina is known for its natural beauty, its eccentric inhabitants and its boundless opportunities for adventure. Not often is it immediately associated with stiflingly hot weather — but, even in the mountains, summer heat poses a threat…
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Heat Illness Prevention for Workers
Every year in the United States, excessive heat contributes to about 400 fatalities. Many of these heat-related deaths occur in the workplace, and thousands more become ill while working in high-temperature conditions. Exposure to excessive heat isn’t…
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Safe and Sound Week, August 13-19
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) encourages Americans to commit to workplace safety and health by participating in Safe + Sound Week, August 13-19, 2018. Over 200 organizations and businesses are partn…
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Weaverville Location Closed August 1
On Wednesday, August 1, Mercy Urgent Care’s Weaverville location will be closed for shopping center water line leak repairs. Instead, please visit one of our other locations at: 1201 Patton Avenue or 1272 Tunnel Road. We are sorry for any inconvenience…
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Free Tick Removal Kits Starting July 2
Hiking season has officially begun in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and that means a steep jump in muddy bootprint sightings, a rise in oversized marshmallow sales — and, unfortunately, the accompanying uptick of tick bite (and tickborne dis…
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$25 Student Sports Physicals
Mercy Urgent Care is offering a special rate of $25.00 on sports physicals for all elementary, middle, and high school students from now through August 31, 2018. Individuals may drop in to one of the four urgent care locations in Buncombe County or the…
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