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Carolinas Hospital System: Six out of seven COVID metrics go green - but is plateau ahead?
There is no doubt that seeing six of seven key COVID metrics for the Charleston area go green for the first time in weeks is great news.
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Carolinas Hospital System: For first time since early July, weekly Tri-county COVID case rate drops
After more than two months of worrying weekly updates for the Charleston Tri-county area, the Medical University of South Carolina’s COVID tracking team reports the seven-day average of new infections has gone down 3%.
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Carolinas Hospital System: New COVID breakthrough data from MUSC Health, plus what to know about boosters
Research on breakthrough COVID-19 infections at MUSC Health offers some clues about what’s likely happening in the larger community.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Unwelcome passenger: Higher hospitalization seen in older patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria
We are all exposed to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), which are widely found in the environment, including the soil and water.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Looking for 'signal of the curve' as COVID hits new Tri-county high
As the Charleston Tri-county area hits a new COVID high, the leader of the Medical University of South Carolina’s COVID tracking team is looking elsewhere to see what’s likely to happen here.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Delta variant mutations show up in MUSC testing
As COVID-19 testing ramps up in the Charleston area amid the biggest case surge of the pandemic, scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina are finding mutations of the Delta variant. One known as AY.4 has become so prevalent that they say it may end up getting a new name.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Tri-county hits its highest weekly COVID case rate since start of pandemic
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Carolinas Hospital System: Data show current spread of COVID19 among children as school begins
Experience from the last school year shows that masks are effective in reducing spread of COVID-19, researchers say.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Masks, distancing and hand hygiene: Doctor’s recommendations as school starts
Children can and do get COVID, pediatric infectious disease specialist Allison Eckard, M.D., emphasized this week ahead of the start of school for most of South Carolina.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Tri-county COVID numbers climb but not as quickly as in recent weeks
The growth rate of COVID-19 cases is 18% for the Charleston Tri-county area in the latest update from the MUSC COVID-19 Epidemiology Intelligence Project, down from a staggering 139% increase the previous week.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Doctors share advice for cancer patients, caregivers amid spike in new COVID-19 cases
With COVID-19 variants spreading quickly around the country, health experts urge cancer patients and their families to exert more caution to deal with the rising numbers.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Lung transplant recipient conquers new heights
A renewed sense of hope. That’s what his lung transplant gave him, said John Hoffman.
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Carolinas Hospital System: Doctors urge pregnant patients to get vaccinated to protect themselves, their babies
One group that is especially lagging in COVID-19 vaccination also happens to be at higher risk of severe illness – pregnant women.
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Carolinas Hospital System: MUSC testing shows delta variant dominates as doctors urge vaccination
The delta variant, which first showed up in testing at the Medical University of South Carolina in mid-June, now accounts for more than 92% of all cases there.
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Carolinas Hospital System: 'We're in a code red situation' in Tri-county with COVID
COVID-19’s impact in the Charleston area has gone from “significant” to “severe” in the latest update from the Medical University of South Carolina’s COVID-19 Epidemiology Intelligence Project.