Tag: DHEC
Columbia ranks No. 3 in US for STD rates, new stud...
By Hanna Schatteman | Apr 12, 2023
Potential DHEC split raises concerns among governm...
By Wade Rainey | Mar 24, 2023
COVID 3 years later: Where is South Carolina now?
By Raymond Escoto | Mar 21, 2023
EPA set to announce maximum for ‘forever che...
By Jacob Phillips | Mar 3, 2023
10 things you still might not know about tattoos i...
By P.J. Williams | Feb 10, 2023
Health experts encourage vaccines as cases of COVID, other respiratory illness grow
by Sydney Dunlap | Sep 27, 2023
Health officials recommended people get vaccinated for the three most prominent respiratory illnesses – flu, COVID and RVS – ahead of the fall and winter season.
Read MoreWhat’s in YOUR trash can?
by Camdyn Bruce | Sep 22, 2023
State environmental officials want to know. And they’re going to use part of a new federal grant to get to the bottom of the trash heap.
Read MoreSC flu numbers are down. But experts predict holiday surge
by Connor Bird | Nov 30, 2022
Want to protect yourself, your friends and family? Get a shot, experts say.
Read MoreSC seeing some of nation’s highest influenza rates in a quick-start flu season
by Connor Bird | Nov 10, 2022
The United States is seeing one of the worst starts to a flu season in five years. South Carolina is listed as having a “high activity” level, per the CDC data.
Read MoreShipwrecks, explosives, prehistoric pottery. The Congaree soon might reveal even more secrets
by Caleb Bozard | Oct 20, 2022
The Congaree River has been a focal point for history since long before the Gervais Street bridge was built and college students on inner-tubes began crossing the waterway. Experts say there are many artifacts in the river to prove it and that more may be on the way.
Read MoreSC Bat Week educates on declining bat population
by Audrey Elsberry | Oct 18, 2022
White-nose syndrome and homeowners afraid of rabies are killing bats in South Carolina. S.C. Bat Week aims to teach South Carolinians about bats and help de-stigmatize the animal.
Read MoreRichland jail’s kitchen had a ‘C’ health inspection grade for four months
by Char Morrison | Oct 17, 2022
The kitchen received a string of low health inspection grades this spring and summer, driven in part by evidence of rodents and roaches.
Read MoreRichland County has high STD rates. Why? Experts say it’s complicated
by Bee Brawley | Oct 6, 2022
Richland County has the third-highest STD rate in the nation.
Read MoreMonkeypox vaccine available in Columbia but only offered to ‘high-risk groups’
by Caleb Bozard | Oct 4, 2022
Monkeypox vaccines are available at four locations. But they’re not available to everyone.
Read MoreAfter two chickenpox outbreaks, DHEC urges parents to vaccinate their kids
by Carson Peaden | Mar 29, 2022
With vaccine hesitancy on the rise, parents are becoming less likely to vaccinate their children, resulting in recent chickenpox outbreaks in S.C. earlier this month.
Read MoreUniversity relaxes masking as DHEC begins to close testing sites
by Jacob Gamble and Sydney Pennington | Feb 21, 2022
The University of South Carolina announced on Monday that it will relax a campus-wide mask mandate, citing low case numbers among students and faculty.
Read MoreDHEC provides Covid-19 update for the holiday season
by Ashton Van Ness | Nov 17, 2021
DHEC discusses precautions that should be taken during holidays travels.
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