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If you're the kind of person who'd wear a hot dog costume to a princess party, you'll love Lisa Hanawalt's lushly illustrated, off-the-wall diary/food meditation/travelogue Hot Dog Taste Test.

The CDC is officially recommending a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people with weakened immune systems. It follows the FDA authorization a day earlier.

A judge has refused to lower the $7 million bail for a jailed South Carolina attorney acccused of stealing millions of dollars in settlement money from vulnerable clients in injury or wrongful death cases. A judge said Tuesday she determined attorney Alex Murdaugh remains a flight risk and a potential danger to himself and his community. At Murdaugh's most recent bond hearing, defense lawyers said Murdaugh's accounts were frozen by authorities to ensure victims in a number of lawsuits against Murdaugh wouldn't lose their chance to collect settlements. The lawyers said, however, that Murdaugh couldn't even buy new underwear at the jail or pay his phone bill.

NPR's A Martinez talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about the Federal Reserve's plans to approve another rate hike this week. The European Central Bank is preparing to do the same.

Counties must spend about two-thirds of the money from a tax enacted for mental health services on housing and programs for homeless people with serious mental illnesses or substance abuse problems.

A few years ago, scientists cracked a murder mystery -- they figured out what's been killing Coho salmon in urban streams in the Pacific Northwest. The culprit: particles from tires.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Janet Carter about the challenges of discussing weight and health in the health care setting. Janet is a registered dietician and she’s the Program Manager for the Heart Health Program at MUSC Children’s Health.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elizabeth Mack about complications from respiratory viruses in infants and young children. Dr. Mack is the Division Chief for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at MUSC Children’s Health, and she’s a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Skip Schumann about the specifics of keeping up with preventive health care for men during the young adult, middle adult and older adult years. Dr. Schumann is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and a general internist at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Hamilton Baker about the Clemson/MUSC AI Hub, focused on expanding and refining the use of artificial intelligence in biomedical research. Dr. Baker is a pediatric cardiologist at MUSC Health and he is the co-founder and lead for the Clemson/MUSC AI Hub.