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DHEC in the News: World Aids Day, flu, WIC
November 28, 2018
Here’s a look at health and environmental news from around South Carolina.
DHEC to offer testing on World Aids Day
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– World AIDS Day is Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 and the Health officials are encouraging South Carolinians to get tested.
Second flu-related death confirmed in South Carolina this season
Columbia, SC (WLTX) – A second person has died from the flu in South Carolina during the 2018 flu season.
The victim was 65 years or older, and from the Lowcountry region, according to DHEC. The first flu-related death in the state was also recorded in the Lowcountry earlier this month.
CARLISLE — WIC will be in Carlisle this Wednesday and will return there each month.
In a statement released Monday, Town Administrator Shannon McBride announced that “WIC will be coming to Carlisle Town Hall on Wednesday, November 28, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. They will also be coming here on a monthly basis.”