The Biden administration plans to end the public health emergency in May. The Hill has more:  The Biden administration on Monday announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency, which has been in place since January 2020, is set to end on May 11.  “The COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) were declared by the Trump […]

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State lawmakers from both sides have criticized S.C.'s Department of Health and Environmental Control response to the virus and are now calling on dismantling the agency. A slow rollout of testing, along with the agency’s refusal to release detailed data on early cases and now a lack of COVID-19 vaccine distribution is the reasoning behind a restructure.