COVINGTON — Support the blood supply in the final month of a challenging summer and get a chance to win Bengals season tickets when you donate at the Covington Eagles community blood drive on Monday, Aug. 14, from 1 to 7 p.m. at 715 E. Broadway St., Covington. Make an appointment online at www.DonorTime.com, or […]
U.S. health officials are racing to control an outbreak of tuberculosis linked to contaminated bone graft material that has killed one person and infected at least four others — the second outbreak of the rare disease in two years. Eight people died in 2021 when the same type of bone repair product used in spinal […]
Article content A vegan social media influencer whose videos about her raw tropical fruit diet had accumulated billions of views on TikTok has died at age 39. Zhanna Samsonova, a Russian blogger, who had been living and working across Southeast Asia for 17 years, was known as Zhanna D’Art on social media. Article content Samsonova […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The nonprofit community blood center, Blood Connection, has exciting news for the Lowcountry. It has extended its partnership with Trident Health, becoming the sole blood provider for several hospitals in the area. With this continued partnership officials at The Blood Connection encourage community members young and old to come out […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The nonprofit community blood center, Blood Connection, has exciting news for the Lowcountry. It has extended its partnership with Trident Health, becoming the sole blood provider for several hospitals in the area. With this continued partnership officials at The Blood Connection encourage community members young and old to come out […]
Enlarge this image Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo was a clear and down-to-earth explainer of what was happening during the pandemic, often on CNN and other networks. She’s pictured here at a COVID press conference in April 2020. Andrea Mabry /UAB Andrea Mabry /UAB This week, the National Institutes of Health announced who will be replacing Dr. […]
How one needs to take antibiotics can be a little bit confusing because oftentimes you feel better after a few days, but still have several days worth of antibiotics doses to take. Why is that? It’s vital to follow the instructions your provider gives you on how to take your antibiotics. Taking the full course […]
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was widely understood to spare children, both in terms of the number of infections and severity of disease. Nevertheless, children continue to be infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with a significant minority of patients experiencing severe symptoms in the form of multisystem inflammatory syndrome […]
