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DHEC: Don’t Let Cost Keep You from Getting a Flu Shot

This flu season is serious, and cost should not keep you from getting a flu shot, according to SCDHEC representatives. Many healthcare providers, pharmacies and community organizations offer low- or no-cost flu shots. Most insurance plans cover at least part of the cost. In response to the crisis, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is waiving administrative […]

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St. Stephen Woman Dies from Flu Complications

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A St. Stephen woman has died from complications of the flu, according to family. Paula Breck Bordeaux, a 42-year-old mother of five, died after being diagnosed with double pneumonia and the flu, her husband Hank Bordeaux told Live 5 News. Bordeaux was also apparently battling kidney failure at the same time. Just a few days before her death, […]

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DHEC Confirms Season’s First Flu-Related Death in South Carolina

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced this week that the state has suffered its first flu-associated death of the season. “Sadly, an individual from the Upstate region has become our first lab-confirmed, influenza-associated death of the season,” said Teresa Foo MD, MPH, DHEC Immunization Medical Consultant. “Unfortunately we see many deaths, hospitalizations and other serious complications […]