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DHEC confirms first child death from COVID-19 related condition

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reports a teenager died this week from Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, a rare health condition that occurs in some children and teenagers who have contracted COVID-19, or been in contact with someone infected with the virus.

The CDC urges vaccine recipients to get second shot on time

Health experts say two doses of the vaccine are needed to be effective

(CNN) About 329-thousand doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine have been administered in the state, and health experts say it’s important to remember that two doses of those vaccines are needed in order for them to be effective. The Centers for Disease Control  (CDC) urges vaccine recipients to get that second dose on time. Mandy Gaither has more. Categories:…

How we got here: an explanation of GameStop’s stock surge and its shakeup of Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just you. What’s going on with GameStop’s stock doesn’t make sense to a lot of people. The struggling video game retailer’s stock has been making stupefying moves this month, wild enough to raise concerns from professional investors on Wall Street to the hallways of regulators and the White House in Washington. The frenzy hit…