Tag: DHEC
Health experts encourage vaccines as cases of COVID, other respiratory illness grow
Health officials recommended people get vaccinated for the three most prominent respiratory illnesses – flu, COVID and RVS – ahead of the fall and winter season.
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What’s in YOUR trash can?
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.
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SC flu numbers are down. But experts predict holiday surge
Want to protect yourself, your friends and family? Get a shot, experts say.
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SC seeing some of nation’s highest influenza rates in a quick-start flu season
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.
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Shipwrecks, explosives, prehistoric pottery. The Congaree soon might reveal even more secrets
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.
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SC Bat Week educates on declining bat population
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.
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Richland jail’s kitchen had a ‘C’ health inspection grade for four months
The kitchen received a string of low health inspection grades this spring and summer, driven in part by evidence of rodents and roaches.
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Richland County has high STD rates. Why? Experts say it’s complicated
Richland County has the third-highest STD rate in the nation.
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Monkeypox vaccine available in Columbia but only offered to ‘high-risk groups’
Monkeypox vaccines are available at four locations. But they’re not available to everyone.
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After two chickenpox outbreaks, DHEC urges parents to vaccinate their kids
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.
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University relaxes masking as DHEC begins to close testing sites
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.
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DHEC provides Covid-19 update for the holiday season
DHEC discusses precautions that should be taken during holidays travels.
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