Outbreak Forces Virtual Learning at Horse Creek Academy
More than 700 students at Horse Creek Academy are in quarantine after a COVID-19 outbreak. District officials report 70 cases school wide, including 11 staff, with 30 faculty and staff in quarantine as the campus shifts to online learning amid a statewide surge.
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Horse Creek Academy
Ann Marie Taylor
HCA
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Aiken
Aiken County
Majority in U S favor K 12 mask mandates
A AP-NORC poll finds about 60 percent of Americans support mandatory masks for students and teachers in K 12 schools amid rising COVID 19 cases. The view splits sharply by party with about 80 percent of Democrats and 30 percent of Republicans in favor.
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Boston
Associated Press-Norc Center For Public Affairs Research
U.S
Joe Biden
New York City
Budhciano Riganto
Queens
Gabriel
Riyanto
Contact Information for City Newsroom Offices
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Recollections Oral History Program to capture Aiken County memories
In 150th anniversary year, Friends of the Aiken County Historical Museum launch an Oral History Program to collect locals memories focused on specific events in Aiken County. Interviews will cover county fairs clubs military service Civil Rights era parades and early Savannah River Site work. The project will also preserve recollections of tragedies such as the 1953 Laurens Street gas explosion that killed 10 and leveled five buildings.
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Aiken County
Friends of the
Rotary Club of
Savannah River
Savannah River Plant
Cunningham
Friends of the Museum
Laurens Street
Aiken
FDA grants full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
U S regulators grant full FDA approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, signaling higher confidence and enabling mandates. The Pentagon moves to require military vaccination, universities and LSU system announce student mandates, with exemptions allowed under state law. Over 200 million Pfizer doses given in US under emergency use. Biden says approval meets the gold standard and ends hesitation.
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Washington
Pfizer
Pentagon
University of Minnesota
Louisiana
Uni
LSU
U.S
Food and Drug Administration
Joe Biden
FDA
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