Tag: DHEC
SC health department behind on many Columbia resta...
By Emmy Ribero | Feb 13, 2024
HIV testing is the ‘gateway’ to care. So why doesn...
By Win Hammond | Sep 29, 2023
Almost all SC surface water bodies contain ‘...
By Jacob Phillips | Apr 20, 2023
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
South Carolina restaurant inspections undergo changes
by Madison Rousculp | Apr 24, 2025
South Carolina restaurants face tougher, more frequent inspections after a state agency shift.
Read MoreColumbia drops from 3 to 21 in national STD rankings
by Shamariah Vanderhorst | Feb 9, 2024
Numbers may be artificially low, however, because of a suspected large number of undiagnosed cases.
Read MoreSC sees downward trend in updated COVID-19 vaccinations
by Kate Robins | Nov 15, 2023
The new mRNA vaccine has been available for about two months.
Read MoreHealth experts encourage vaccines as cases of COVID, other respiratory illnesses 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 MoreCOVID 3 years later: Where is South Carolina now?
by Raymond Escoto | Mar 21, 2023
Just because infections and hospitalizations are down doesn’t mean COVID is gone.
Read MoreEPA set to announce maximum for ‘forever chemicals’ found in SC drinking water
by Jacob Phillips | Mar 3, 2023
State environmental officials have been testing samples of the state’s drinking water as the EPA prepares to announce a new maximum contaminant level for two toxic chemicals.
Read More10 things you still might not know about tattoos in South Carolina
by P.J. Williams | Feb 10, 2023
Some things you might find surprising even though tattoos have been legal here since 2004.
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.
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