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With the help of a Lowcountry Graduate Center grant, MUSC is on the path to admit its first 20 students in the fall of 2023, says Dr. Nancy Carson, Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs at MUSC’s College of Health Professions.

The LGC offers monetary grants to its three-member institutions – the College of Charleston, the Medical University of South Carolina, and The Citadel – to subsidize the ramping up of credit-bearing, standalone graduate programs.

Coming from the tropical heat of western Venezuela, where January highs average 91, and Miami, which adds humidity to the equation, Dr. Florez surprises colleagues and friends when he celebrates Charleston’s minimal-but-real change of seasons. Unlike most “comeyas,” he appreciates local weather for the slice of cold that winter brings.

There appears no question that the waning of the crisis will not result in a return to pre-COVID arrangements. The shift to remote education and health care was already underway before the virus was unleashed. COVID has demonstrated the advantages and shortcomings of these practices and the accommodations necessary to maximize their potential.

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in South Carolina, a top 10 state for the disease with more than half a million adult sufferers. Diabetes increases the risk of stroke, heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, and even death. And it is largely preventable.

This year, with the coronavirus racing across our continent, it is doubly important to get your flu shot as soon as possible. It is painless and inexpensive; in fact, many employers and other organizations provide them for free.