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Monday, January 14, 2013  Google is exploring flu trends throughout the world and sharing the information visually online.

Friday, March 23, 2012  A Richland County man has become the first person in South Carolina to die from influenza this season.

Thursday, September 15, 2011  Several private providers and DHEC clinics have plenty of the flu vaccine on hand.  DHEC spokesman Jim Beasley recommends getting the shot immediately because it could take up to two weeks to be effective.

Thursday, October 21, 2010  Flu season has officially begun in the Midlands with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control confirming its first case of the season in Richland County on Thursday.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009  A shortage of seasonal flu vaccine… has some people in the midlands... Scrambling. October is the official start to flu season...and less than two weeks into it...panic over a possible pandemic has caused a big shortage... It seems that so many people have gotten the message about getting a seasonal flu shot...that hospitals and private health care providers are running out..