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DHEC urges healthy habits to reduce risk for heart attack and stroke
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. - February is American Heart Month and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is urging South Carolinians to adopt healthy lifestyle habits that can help reduce the risk for heart disease and stroke.
Camp Burnt Gin accepting applications for campers and staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
COLUMBIA -- Camp Burnt Gin, South Carolina’s residential camp for children, teenagers and young adults with a physical disability or chronic illness, is accepting applications for staff and for children to attend the camp’s 2010 season, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day events scheduled
Monday, January 25, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Events will be held in South Carolina around Feb. 7 to highlight the impact of HIV/AIDS on African-American communities, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
Some conditionally approved Beaufort County shellfish harvesting areas closed
Monday, January 18, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The conditionally approved shellfish harvesting areas of Jenkins Creek and Broad Creek in Beaufort County have been closed due to excessive rainfall, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
Secretary of State Mark Hammond Encourages Wise Charitable Giving in the wake of the Recent Earthquake in Haiti
Thursday, January 14, 2010
"Give from the heart, but give smart."
Secretary of State Mark Hammond Encourages Wise Charitable Giving in the wake of the Recent Earthquake in Haiti
Thursday, January 14, 2010
"Give from the heart, but give smart."
Charleston County shellfish growing area reopens
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The approved shellfish beds of the Wando River in Charleston County have been reopened for harvesting, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
DHEC responding to sewer overflow in Greenville County
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The public should avoid contact with the water of Gilder Creek in Mauldin due to a sanitary sewer overflow that has entered the creek, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.