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DHEC in the News: Free flu shots, free breast cancer screenings, polio-like syndrome
October 23, 2018
Here’s a look at health and environmental news from around South Carolina.
Palmetto Health offering FREE flu shots
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Palmetto Health is providing free flu shots to the community beginning throughout October at various churches, schools and community centers in Richland, Lexington and Sumter counties.
SC women may qualify for free breast cancer screenings
Columbia, SC (WLTX) — The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control wants to remind women in the state that they may be eligible for free breast cancer screenings through the month of October.
General interest
CDC investigating more cases of polio-like syndrome
Federal health officials said Monday they now have reports of 155 possible cases of acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like syndrome that causes muscle weakness and paralysis.
The latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows no change in the number of confirmed cases — 62 cases in 22 states. But state health departments have reported another 28 suspected cases.