Americans have been advised that some packages of a brand of vodka seltzers have been mistakenly mislabeled as a non-alcoholic high energy drink, triggering a recall announcement from High Noon, the alcoholic beverage brand, that was posted by the the US Food and Drug Administration. In a statement, High Noon said two lots of High…
The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child’s recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba. In a new conference Tuesday in Columbia, South Carolina, Carr’s parents said they wanted to bring awareness to the rare but often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri organism. The infection, called primary amebic meningoencephalitis,…
The Carolinas rank among the worst in the country for sexual transmitted disease cases, according to a new report. ALSO READ: Planned Parenthood wins partial victory in legal fight with Trump administration over funding cuts Invigor Medical, a telehealth company, analyzed CDC data and ranked the top 10 states with the highest STD infection rates….
A patient in a South Carolina children’s hospital has died of a brain-eating amoeba, according to the facility. In a news briefing Tuesday, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands confirmed the patient died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, also known as PAM, a rare but often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri organism. The hospital did…
A former professional baseball player and father of three died while trying to save swimmers from a rip current off the coast of South Carolina on Sunday, authorities said. Chase Childers, who was briefly signed by the Baltimore Orioles, entered the water around 4:45 p.m. to help a group of four or five swimmers as…
In Columbia, South Carolina a TikTok video is making the rounds, showing single mom Nykia Hamilton tirelessly running the entire restaurant by herself — something she says has happened often. In a now-viral interview with local South Carolina outlet WACH FOX 57, Hamilton claimed she was repeatedly left alone to run the restaurant where she…
“Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle is going to prison after admitting he broke federal law buying endangered animals to keep at his zoo in South Carolina. Antle, 65, was sentenced to one year and one day behind bars and fined $55,000 on Tuesday, nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to trafficking in exotic animals…
July 5 (UPI) — Tropical Storm Chantal formed in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and is projected to reach South Carolina’s coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said. South and North Carolina are already encountering dangerous rip and surf conditions during the Fourth of July holiday weekend Chantal, the third named storm of the…
NOAA on Atlantic hurricane season NOAA predicts above-normal Atlantic hurricane season 03:34 Tropical Storm Chantal formed Saturday morning about 150 miles off the coast of South Carolina, prompting tropical storm warnings for portions of the Carolinas. The National Weather Service in Miami said the storm was located south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina and about 240…
Several executions are expected to take place in the United States this week, with two scheduled Tuesday and one each on Thursday and Friday. The executions were ordered in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina. If all of the procedures are carried out as planned, the inmates’ deaths will bring the national total of executions…