Warding Off the Flu

Graphic of the ugly flu bug for the article Warding off the Flu

Every year, the flu epidemic marches on as winter approaches. And every year, Americans have an opportunity to arm themselves with the most effective weapon available: the flu vaccine. Dr. Kumar Dharmarajan, chief scientific officer for Clover Health, said that the severity of a flu season cannot be predicted but that one of the surefire […]

Genetic Genealogy

Genetic Genealogy: graphic of a man's roots

For many people, tracing lineage is a continuing mystery; every root that is uncovered leads to more branches deep down – the more you dig, the more you find. In decades past, the search often required countless hours at libraries, a knack for reading and interpreting documents and a keen ability to connect dots across […]

South Carolina’s Most Common Illnesses

Graphic: The elpehant in the room - South Carolina's most common illnesses

Attempting to quantify the most common medical disorders in the Palmetto State brings to mind the tale arising from the ancient Indian subcontinent of the blind men describing a strange animal – an elephant. One, who touched only the trunk, thought it was much like a snake; another, feeling the tail, thought it resembled a […]

Emergency Room Disaster Preparedness

Graphic for hospital disaster preparedness

We all know what a hospital emergency room – an ER – is. It’s the first place you turn to for medical attention when a personal disaster strikes. But what if a catastrophe, natural or man-made – such as a hurricane or a mass shooting – forced all of our hospitals and all of their […]

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