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Home Health Aides: In Demand, Yet Paid Little - According to NPR, on October 16th, the home care workforce — some 2.5 million strong — is one of the nation's fastest growing yet also worst paid. Right now, many home health aides get no training at all. There's little path to advancement. And with a median wage less than $10 an hour, it's hard to call this a career. Advocates say one big problem is a decades-old law that exempts home care workers from federal minimum wage and overtime.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE



Health care students seek edge in new charter school - According to The TandD, on October 13th, Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five’s new charter school is giving 68 local ninth and tenth graders a chance to prepare for careers in the health care field. The mission of the High School for Health Professions(HSHP)is to give students a competitive edge throughout high school and college and their professional careers, Principal Angel Hightower reported at Tuesday night’s OCSD 5 board meeting. Hightower also reported that HSHP students will be able to take dual course credits at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and Claflin University.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE



SC legislator calls for routine dental office inspections - According to DrBicuspid.com, October 15th, 2012 South Carolina lawmakers say the state should consider routine inspections of dental offices. Some 15 states conduct regular inspections of dental offices; South Carolina currently only does routine inspections of barbershops and hair salons. The VA notified 535 veterans that they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV by Dwight Pemberton, DDS, the dentist who allegedly failed to properly sterilize dental instruments between patients between 1992 and 2010.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE