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Post-exposure treatments are being administered to a Saluda County man after he was bitten by a raccoon that tested positive for rabies, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
“To reduce the risk of getting rabies, we recommend that people avoid wild animals acting tame and tame animals acting wild,” said Sue [...]
South Carolina has received 1.2 million adult doses of potassium iodide (KI) for distribution to residents living within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone of five nuclear power plants in or adjacent to the state, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
“Potassium iodide provides additional protection for the thyroid gland against one [...]
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is partnering with participating veterinarians across the state to help residents protect their pets and themselves against rabies, the agency announced today.
“Participating veterinarians will be conducting rabies clinics to vaccinate dogs, cats, and ferrets against this fatal disease,” said Sue Ferguson of DHEC’s Bureau of Environmental [...]
With the arrival of the peak of norovirus season (January-March), the South Carolina Department of Health and Environment Control warns S.C residents of the dangers of norovirus.
“Symptoms of norovirus infection include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach cramping,” said David Young, foodborne epidemiologist with DHEC. “Noroviruses are a group of related viruses that affect the [...]
Five adults and one teen in Charleston County have been exposed to a cat that tested positive for rabies, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
“To reduce the risk of getting rabies, we recommend that people avoid wild animals acting tame and tame animals acting wild,” said Sue Ferguson of [...]
Post-exposure treatments are being administered to a Lee County woman after she was bitten by a raccoon who tested positive for rabies, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
“To reduce the risk of getting rabies, we recommend that people avoid wild animals acting tame and tame animals acting wild,” said Sue [...]
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control notes the state’s first flu-associated death of the season, as well as a significant and earlier-than-normal increase in influenza activity, the agency announced today.
“Tragically, a child from Barnwell County has become our first confirmed influenza-associated death of the season,” said Linda Bell, M.D. and interim state [...]
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and numerous emergency response partners will participate in a Nov. 1 exercise to test the ability to quickly and efficiently distribute antibiotics to large numbers of people, the agency announced today.
The emergency preparedness drill is intended to help DHEC establish “point of dispensing” sites that provide [...]
South Carolina health officials are reporting the first probable case of fungal meningitis in a state resident related to the ongoing multistate investigation of steroid injections from a potentially contaminated product called methylprednisolone acetate, the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
“The patient is being treated with antifungal medications based on treatment [...]
Influenza, or “the flu,” has officially arrived in South Carolina, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
“Our agency’s Bureau of Laboratories has confirmed three cases in the first official week of the new flu season,” said Jennifer Meredith, Ph.D., of DHEC’s Division of Microbiology.
“The confirmation of flu in our state [...]
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