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|April 16, 2021 at 9:50 AM EDT - Updated April 16 at 9:50 AM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in March, Department of Employment and Workforce officials said Friday, days ahead of a big change those filing claims for unemployment benefits will face. The state’s unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in March, down from 5.2% in February. SCDEW Executive Director Dan Ellzey said his agency continues “to be encouraged by the progress being made in the state’s economic recovery” as South Carolinians return to work. “Over the past few months, we have ...

|April 16, 2021 at 9:50 AM EDT - Updated April 16 at 9:50 AM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in March, Department of Employment and Workforce officials said Friday, days ahead of a big change those filing claims for unemployment benefits will face. The state’s unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in March, down from 5.2% in February. SCDEW Executive Director Dan Ellzey said his agency continues “to be encouraged by the progress being made in the state’s economic recovery” as South Carolinians return to work. “Over the past few months, we have ...

|April 15, 2021 at 12:48 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 2:35 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Live 5 News hosted a special online town hall event with MUSC and the Hollings Cancer Center Thursday to discuss the HPV Vaccine. Every year in the United States, human papillomavirus causes more than 30,000 cases of cancer in men and women, and the HPV vaccine can prevent about 28,000 of these cases from ever occurring, according to MUSC. The human papillomavirus is a group of more than 150 related viruses. HPV infection can cause: Cancers of the cervix, vagina, and vulva in women Cancers of the penis in ...

|April 7, 2021 at 12:53 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 12:53 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The latest data from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control shows more COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Charleston County than in any of the state’s other 45 counties. The data shows Charleston County recorded 314,344 vaccines administered. Greenville County had the second-highest total at 302,996. Richland County’s 211,219 doses places it in third place. Here is a breakdown of doses administered in Lowcountry Counties: Charleston County: 314,344

|April 8, 2021 at 8:42 AM EDT - Updated April 8 at 8:42 AM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The number of people who filed their first claims for unemployment rose in the week ending Saturday for the fourth consecutive week, according to new state data. The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reported 4,969 initial unemployment claims last week. That’s up from 3,105 claims the week before and up from a 2021 low of 2,757 claims received in the week ending March 13. Three counties with the highest claims were Richland County with 479, Horry County with 449 and Greenville County with ...