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Flu Season

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the flu seemed to fall by the wayside, not receiving nearly as much attention as its more recent and deadly cousin. However, the flu is still a dangerous illness that needs to be taken seriously by employers…

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Concussion Awareness Day

National Concussion Awareness Day, Sept. 16, is a great time to review your company’s protocols for head injuries in the workplace. Concussions or traumatic brain injuries that occur on the job typically happen due to falls, falling objects or motor ve…

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Saliva Drug Screening

Is your company looking for an accurate but less invasive drug screening process for employees and candidates? Mercy Urgent Care now offers drug screenings using mouth swab and saliva collection options, both on-site and in-clinic. What are the benefit…

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Vision Health

DID YOU KNOW? More than 70% of the country’s workforce requires some form of vision correction. Additionally, 143 million adults wear some type of prescription eyewear. With numbers like that, it is likely that many in your workforce may need some type…

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Mercy Urgent Care now offering Mental Health Services

Mercy Urgent Care is pleased to announce its new program, Mercy Mindful, bringing mental healthcare services to its West Asheville location, at 1201 Patton Ave. To lead this program, Mercy hired two new providers specializing in mental health, physicia…

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Monkeypox

The United States is currently experiencing a widespread outbreak of monkeypox, a rare viral infection caused by the same family of viruses that cause smallpox. The country documented its first case on May 17, 2022, and in the months that followed, tho…

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