Health

Recall Alert: Chicken possibly contaminated with metal

Voluntary recall for Simmons Prepared Foods ready-to-cook chicken sent to restaurants, hospitals and schoools.

Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc., an Arkansas based company is recalling approximately 2,071,397 pounds of poultry products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). 

‘Light the Night’ holds annual event for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Tuesday night hundreds gathered at the statehouse grounds to raise funds for leukemia and lymphoma treatments. The annual light the night walk supports the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and features a one mile walk where patients, survivors and family of those who lost their lives to blood cancer can come together and share their story.  …

Anti-anxiety drug recalled after potential “foreign substance” discovered

(CNN)— Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. is recalling one lot of the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam, commonly sold under the brand name Xanax , “due to the potential presence of foreign substance,” the company said last week. The company said the likelihood that someone would fall ill “is expected to be rare, but the remote risk of infection to a patient cannot be…

Prisma host Halloween Carnival fun for hospitalized children

Courtesy:Palmetto/Prisma (Previous Hospital Halloween event) Columbia,SC (WOLO)— They are little ones, dealing with some pretty big issues, and while they are hospitalized due to various conditions, Prisma Health wants to enjoy being a kid, and forget their ailment with some happy Halloween fun. Thursday October 31st,  Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands located at 7 Richland Medical Park Dr., Atrium will host…