Tidelands Health will still celebrate its annual breast cancer walk in a new format this year — online walking.
Fall is coming. Health officials and professionals have warned they are preparing for what they say could be a tough battle of two bad respiratory viruses next fall and winter amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Georgetown County Council voted to maintain the mask mandate policy through Oct. 27, while also approving the second reading of potential base salary increases for elected officials.
One dozen public and private schools across Horry and Georgetown counties reported positive cases of the coronavirus as of Monday, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Coronavirus cases across Horry and Georgetown counties grew by more than 200 in the last week, according to data from state health officials.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported no coronavirus-related deaths in Georgetown and Horry counties on Tuesday, after reporting one new death in both counties on Labor Day.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported one additional coronavirus-related death from an elderly patient in Horry County.
No coronavirus-related deaths were announced on Wednesday in Horry and Georgetown counties, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported three new coronavirus-related deaths from elderly patients in Horry County on Tuesday, and COVID-19 cases in Georgetown County increased by eight.
Horry County had one additional coronavirus death from an elderly resident on Monday, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
A young adult from Horry County died on Friday due to the coronavirus, according to the latest update from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
For the first time in eight days, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in Horry County on Saturday.
DHEC's new report brings Horry's total number of coronavirus cases to 9,156. There are 168 coronvirus-related deaths in the county. Georgetown County added seven new coronavirus cases, increasing the county total to 1,654 since the start of the pandemic, according to DHEC.
No additional COVID-19 deaths were reported in Horry County for four days in a row as cases grew by 20 on Wednesday, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
After three days, Georgetown County added one new coronavirus death, according to DHEC.
For the third consecutive day, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported no coronavirus deaths in Georgetown and Horry counties.
Nicole Stowers of Pittsburgh was enjoying a waist-deep splash in the Atlantic Ocean when a shark emerged from the surf along the Myrtle Beach coast to bite her arm.
No COVID-19 deaths were announced on Monday in Georgetown and Horry counties for the second consecutive day, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced no coronavirus-related deaths in Georgetown and Horry counties on Sunday.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced four additional coronavirus-related deaths in Georgetown County, two on Friday and two on Saturday.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported three new COVID-19 deaths in Horry County on Thursday. The county also added 39 new cases, bringing the total to 8,995 with 166 deaths.
Georgetown County reported three new coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, after gaining two deaths in more than 48 hours, according to the South Carolina Department of Environmental Control.
Myrtle Beach area nursing homes have to decided who is essential enough to enter a community. They hope to let families visit soon.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported two confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Horry County on Tuesday.
City officials announced Monday that the residential garbage route will not be picked until Thursday. They are working with a temporal contractor, GFL Environmental, in garage and yard debris assistance throughout the week.
South Carolina announced 451 new coronavirus cases and 20 additional deaths, bringing the total to 105,905 and 2,185 deaths.
Cases of the coronavirus and virus-related deaths declined in Horry County this week, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Horry County added one additional coronavirus-related death on Saturday, just 24 hours removed from reporting none on Friday, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Horry and Georgetown Counties report additional deaths as the coronavirus continues to threaten lives in the area.
DHEC confirmed five new deaths in Georgetown County, escalating their virus mortality rate to 24. Four of the deaths were elderly patients and one was a middle-aged patient. The county also reported 11 new cases increasing the county's total to 1,490.
Two of Horry County's deaths were from middle-aged patients and one was from an elderly patient.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported three coronavirus-related deaths in Horry County along with 31 new cases on Monday.
The patient support partner can be any adult designated by the patient. Each patient may designate one support partner for the length of their hospital stay.
More than 50 new coronavirus cases and three deaths were reported in Horry County on Thursday, lifting the county's overall totals to 8,341 and 141, respectively.
For Dr. James Principe, the coronavirus is personal — on multiple fronts.
SCDHEC reports eight additional deaths in the Myrtle Beach area due to COVID-19.
Both Horry and Georgetown counties reported zero coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, while also seeing a dip in daily COVID-19 reported cases.
Horry County logged 58 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, adding one death in the process, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. The county's total rises to 8,091 cases and 128 deaths. For this week, the county had 25 virus-related deaths, compared to …
Horry County recorded 56 new COVID-19 cases and one new death on Thursday, moving the overall totals to 7,857 and 119, respectively.
Horry County recorded six additional COVID-19-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the county’s death total to 118, according to the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The county also reported 99 new coronavirus cases, increasing its case total to 1,187.
Germain Dermatology will be moving closer to the Grand Strand community as the dermatologist practice announced they will open a new office in Pawleys Island and offer free skin cancer screenings in August.
South Carolina reported a new low number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths on Monday.
South Carolina announced 1,368 new confirmed cases and 74 confirmed deaths bringing the total to 79,674 coronavirus cases and 1,412 deaths.
South Carolina reported another case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, MIS-C, from the Upstate region on Friday.
The free testing event on Friday, July 24, will continue as planned at Coastal Carolina University. However, the testing event originally planned for Friday, July 31, at Myrtle Beach Pelicans Stadium is moving to Aug. 1.
Tidelands Health is expanding its capacity to test individuals who have symptoms of COVID-19 with the opening of a third assessment clinic in Murrells Inlet that offers testing by appointment.
In a state of relief, no deaths were reported today in South Carolina. As it stands, the state has a total of 984 deaths.
South Carolina announced a high case number of over 2,000 COVID-19 cases, the second highest day for positive coronavirus cases reported, on Tuesday. The state hit the record high on Saturday with 2,239.
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in South Carolina, local officials and health workers are doing all they can to get everyone tested for the spreading virus especially in Georgetown.
Firefighter Marc Perez isn’t the kind of guy who gets sick – ever.
The Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against S.C. Department of Environmental and Health Control for their failure to update their long-expired water permits.
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