<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Y4Il9_16M4utK500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Y4Il9_16M4utK500" width="1200" height="600" >RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The seasons are changing. Are you ready to keep yourself healthy as they do?Doctor Kay Kelts from Rapid City Medical Center is getting you ready for winter in this week’s edition of HealthWatch.“Hi all, I’m here to talk about how to stay healthy for the winter as it gets colder outside. As that happens, as we all know, we move inside where there’s more of a risk of us all getting sick. So a few healthy ways we can keep ourselves good and healthy for the winter season. Simple things like getting good sleep, eating healthy, and staying hydrated are excellent. Other simple things are hand washing, covering your mouth and nose when you are coughing and sneezing also really helps stop the flow of germs. Lastly, if you’re feeling ill and really not feeling well, we always tell people not to go in large crowded spaces if you can help it to stop the spread of germs. Other things you can also do that are helpful are doing your basic immunizations for the winter season. Some of those include flu and COVID, if you’re willing. They help protect against those viruses because they are vaccines against those viruses. They’re not 100 percent effective, but they do reduce your chance of getting sick, transmitting, and then if you do get sick, you don’t get quite as sick as you would previously. Other shots that are available that would be helpful are the pneumonia shot, also known as Prevnar. That’s for anyone over the age of 55, protects you against the 20 most common strains of pneumonia, which very commonly can put us in the hospital. Other things would be the tetanus shot, or Tdap. Even though it mostly protects you against tetanus, the other thing it really helps with is actually pertussis, also known as whooping cough. That is unfortunately making a comeback in the community due to low rates, and so we recommend you have that up to date, which is every ten years, especially if you’re going to be around school-age kiddos, so you keep yourself healthy there too. As I mentioned, just basic things, hand washing, covering your nose and mouth, stay away from sick people, and if you’re sick, stay home. Thanks so much, guys, I’m Dr. Kay Kelts from Rapid City Medical Center with HealthWatch.”See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it.Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send it to us here with a brief description.</div></body>

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The seasons are changing. Are you ready to keep yourself healthy as they do?. Doctor Kay Kelts from Rapid City Medical Center is getting you ready for winter in this week’s edition of HealthWatch. “Hi all, I’m here to talk about how to stay...

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The seasons are changing. Are you ready to keep yourself healthy as they do?. Doctor Kay Kelts from Rapid City Medical Center is 

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