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Benedict college awarded $2.7 million dollar grant

The funds are being given to 5 SC HBCU's enduring hardship during pandemic
ABC Columbia Staff,

Image: Benedict College Logo Columbia, SC (WOLO) — BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is giving back in a big way. As a part of a commitment to financially assist five South Carolina Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) facing hardships due to the coronavirus pandemic. One of the five institutions is Benedict College, which was recently gifted a grant of…
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Prisma Health cancels Columbia, Greenville COVID-19 testing this weekend

Health officials say they were forced to cancel the planned testing due to inclement weather
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Free COVID-19 testing that Prisma Health was planning to host this weekend August 24, has been canceled. Health officials say they had to cancel the coronavirus testing events in Columbia, Simpsonville, and Greenville due to inclement weather that came from the remnants of Hurricane Laura. All hospital-based drive-through testing sites in the Upstate also will be…

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Sixth UofSC Greek Village housing quarantined after more positive COVID-19 cases

Two weeks after the University resumed classes, another is on quarantine
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The University of South Carolina says another Greek Village house is in quarentine after more cases of coronavirus are detected. This is now the sixth Greek Village residence for Fraternities and Sororities to live that have been placed under quarantine since classes resumed at the University two weeks ago. ABC Columbia News has learned, students residing…

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Access to childhood vaccines expanded by the Department of Health and Human Services

The expansion allows pharmacists to give vaccines to children 3 and up in every state
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(CNN) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has expanded access to childhood vaccines during this pandemic. The department will now allow pharmacists in every state to give vaccines to any child over the age of three. HHS officials hope this will lead to more children getting vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a sharp…

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Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite

Researchers find fossilized grass bedbugs 200,000 years ago
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(CNN) —Researchers say as long as humans have had beds we have had to deal with bedbugs. Researchers say they have found fossilized grass bedbugs at an archaeological site in South Africa. The beds dated back to 200-thousand years ago. They were sitting on top of layers of ash. Researchers believe that the earliest humans used the ash to deter…
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Seniors, Meals, and Mask initiative underway

the collaboration between Senior resources, Columbia Housing Authority
ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Starting today, Wednesday August 19, Senior Meals and Masks initiatives begin. Senior Resources and Columbia Housing Authority will kick off a community provide not only meals,  but also deliver masks to 323 senior citizen every week. Seniors that reside in four housing units through the Columbia Housing Authority will receive two frozen meals and a supplemental…
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VA Health Care Services implement plans to safely expand

Facilities begin increasing most services by 25 % percent across the state
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —The Columbia VA Health Care System is implementing a plan to safely expand health care services at all of their locations statewide. Monday, the facility began the steps to this process by increasing most services by 25 percent of the services that were being offered when COVID-19 cases first started to impact South Carolina back in March….
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Three types of nasal sprays recalled over ‘superpotency’ concerns

The FDA says the man-made hormone could cause seizures, coma, or death
ABC Columbia Staff,

(The Associated Press) FILE – (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling three forms of nasal spray they say could have too much of a man-made hormone. Ferring Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the sprays decided to pull after the impacted products after discovering “superpotency or amounts of desmopressin higher than specified,”. The…