South Carolina restaurant inspections undergo changes
South Carolina restaurants face tougher, more frequent inspections after a state agency shift.
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Tag: DHEC
Doctors urge students to get the flu vaccine, despite misconceptions
The flu virus has spread rapidly through the state of South Carolina. Many students resistance to getting the vaccine has worsened this problem and doctors urge students to start receiving the vaccine.
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SC health department behind on many Columbia restaurant inspections, raising safety concerns
The health department, which is splitting into two agencies in July, is lagging on inspections due to staffing shortages suffered since the pandemic.
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Columbia drops from 3 to 21 in national STD rankings
Numbers may be artificially low, however, because of a suspected large number of undiagnosed cases.
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SC sees downward trend in updated COVID-19 vaccinations
The new mRNA vaccine has been available for about two months.
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HIV testing is the ‘gateway’ to care. So why doesn’t the government test free year-round?
The responsibility to make HIV care accessible doesn’t always fall on the government. Nonprofits and other organizations do the most HIV testing and treat the most patients.
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Health experts encourage vaccines as cases of COVID, other respiratory illnesses 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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Almost all SC surface water bodies contain ‘forever chemicals.’ Many exceed proposed standards
State environmental officials announced that nearly all tested surface-water bodies in the state contain PFAS, with many surpassing the new proposed federal maximums.
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Columbia ranks No. 3 in US for STD rates, new study says
South Carolina is consistently ranked high for sexually transmitted disease rates, according to multiple reports.
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Potential DHEC split raises concerns among government officials, advocates
The Department of Health and Environmental Control could be broken into several agencies. Some public health officials are concerned about the potential fallouts.
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COVID 3 years later: Where is South Carolina now?
Just because infections and hospitalizations are down doesn’t mean COVID is gone.
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