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Amber Hazzard, 2025 Mass Media Fellow and a doctoral candidate in the College of Graduate Studies

Prestigious Fellowship

Doctoral candidate Amber Hazzard has been named one of 17 AAAS Mass Media Fellows for 2025.

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Columbia Stroke Center

MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown earns certification as a Primary Stroke Center.

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Behavioral Care Pavilion

When the MUSC Health Jean and Hugh K. Leatherman Behavioral Care Pavilion opens this fall, it will represent a fresh approach

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COVID Vaccines

September 06, 2024

New COVID vaccines arrive at MUSC Health with new formulations to fight latest strains.

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COVID Increase

August 06, 2024

Summer COVID increase tops winter numbers, an unusual occurrence that’s affecting people across South Carolina.

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COVID Update

July 19, 2024

“The overall percentage is not huge, but it's the growth rates that get your attention”-MUSC COVID tracker Michael Sweat on increases across health system.

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Summer Wave?

June 05, 2024

With new variants on rise and history of summer COVID waves, what an MUSC scientist wants you to know.

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Virus Alert

January 02, 2024

MUSC virus tracking team documents dramatic increases in COVID, flu hospitalizations in Charleston.

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Predicting Outbreaks

October 05, 2023

Could preparing for and dealing with contagious illnesses such as COVID become as streamlined as getting ready for a storm?

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Positive News?

September 26, 2023

"People are kind of on alert right now." As latest COVID wave appears to be ebbing, what's ahead this winter?

COVID Update

September 14, 2023

“I don't think this wave is anywhere near over.” New COVID booster shots arrive as hospitalizations rise.

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COVID Increase

August 24, 2023

An increase in COVID cases and hospitalizations comes as scientists study a new, highly mutated variant.

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COVID and Flu

August 15, 2023

MUSC’s COVID tracker goes from green to yellow as we head toward fall. An early flu season could be a concern, too.

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