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Dear Savvy Senior, My husband and I recently turned 65 and would like to find out which vaccines are recommended and covered by Medicare? New Beneficiaries Dear New, All recommended vaccines for adults, age 65 and older, should be covered by either Medicare Part B or Part D, but there are some coverage challenges you should be aware of. Here’s a rundown of which vaccines are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and how Medicare covers them.

I called my brother Bruce, the high school science teacher from Marion, on Sunday to see if he had made it to Arkansas. That's where Bruce was headed to watch Monday's solar eclipse, somewhere in the path of the total eclipse.

Women's sports is getting a lot of attention right now, and deservedly so. Much of the attention the past few weeks has been on women's collegiate basketball.

Yard work can be daunting...if you look at it as needing to be tackled all at once. I've been in my home in Goddard for more than 20 years now, and during that time a lot of physical labor – mostly mine – went into enhancing my yard after the house was built.

From the Editor’s Files You have to be able to laugh at yourself...and when you couple that with big doses of humility, you're in for an interesting day. I guess I had one of those days this past Friday, all brought on by some random acts of poor judgment on my part.

Random Thoughts Most days, I don't need a reminder that I'm on the wrong side of 50. My pill organizer is a ready reminder that I see as part of my morning routine and again right before I go to bed.