DHEC Distributes 140K At-Home Rapid Tests Across the State

DHEC Distributes 140K At-Home Rapid Tests Across the State

January 21, 2022 | To increase access to timely testing statewide, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has received and is distributing the first shipments of the at-home rapid COVID-19 antigen tests it ordered for South Carolina. To date, the agency has ordered more than 2 million tests and has received about 140,000 of them. DHEC expects to receive the full order of rapid tests over the course of the next several weeks and we will alert the public when they are available.

Racial, Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities Re-Emerge in Omicron Surge, NCDHHS Data Shows

Racial, Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities Re-Emerge in Omicron Surge, NCDHHS Data Shows

Janaury 20, 2022 | The rate of COVID-19 infections is once again disproportionately impacting Black and Hispanic North Carolinians. Since Dec. 26, the rate of infections was twice as high among the Black population as compared to the white population and as much as 57% higher among the Hispanic population as compared to the non-Hispanic population, according to an analysis of positive cases reported to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Study shows effectiveness of vaccine against ICU stays

Study shows effectiveness of vaccine against ICU stays

January 18, 2022 | Vaccination is not only effective in keeping teens out of the hospital because of COVID-19, but it’s also effective in keeping teens from becoming so ill that they must stay in the intensive care unit or receive life support, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.