A Houston mother was charged after authorities allege she placed her 13-year-old son in the trunk of her car to isolate him after he tested positive for COVID-19, then took him to a drive-thru testing site.
The explosion in omicron-fueled coronavirus infections has caused a breakdown in basic functions and services across America.
Pandemic key metrics are hitting record highs this week as cases and hospitalizations rise. Meanwhile, people dying from Covid is on the decline, according to health officials.Β
The FDA now authorizes and the CDC recommends individuals who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine get a booster dose five months after their last dose.
Free at-home COVID-19 test kits will be made available to Mecklenburg County residents at two different sites in the county on Saturday.
Due to COVID-19 labor shortages, the Mecklenburg County Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board has announced modified retail hours.
Both North and South Carolina health officials have come out in support of the CDC's recommendation to have children 12 to 15-years-old receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster at least five months after they finish their primary vaccine series.
Emotions running high as neighbors in the Starmount neighborhood confront people waiting in line and WCCB was told one man even threatened staff with a shotgun.
A perfect storm of holiday travel, Omicron spreading, and cold and flu season have led to long lines at Covid testing sites and delays in returned results, according to health officials.
The upcoming Grammy Awards have been postponed due to what organizers called βtoo many risksβ due to the omicron variant.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says there's no need to close schools and businesses because of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Gov. Roy Cooper says North Carolina will keep its βfoot on the gasβ when it comes to getting more vaccines and boosters administered to combat COVID-19 and its recent extremely contagious omicron variant.
The Omicron variant is driving North Carolina's COVID percent positive rate to record levels. Nearly 30 percent of tests are now coming back positive.
South Carolina health officials say the state saw a record-high number of COVID-19 cases in the first two days of 2022.
A North Carolina prisoner with COVID-19 died over the weekend.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed off on two measures to increase access to additional doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
The Smithsonian is preparing for unprecedented staff shortages in the coming weeks due to the surge in COVID-19 cases
The treatment is two injections made by Astra Zeneca. It's called Evusheld, and it's meant to help immune-compromised patients from getting infected with covid.
With COVID-19 cases the highest in North Carolina since the beginning of the pandemic, many people are having issues finding testing sites in the Charlotte area. View for a full list of COVID-19 testing sites in the Charlotte area.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms while quarantining at home.
The United States is currently seeing an average of around 400,000 new COVID-19 cases a day.
The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge.
Twitter has banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy. That's according to a statement Sunday from the company.
As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus.
The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week. Airlines are blaming wintry weather and high numbers of sickouts due to the rising number of COVID-19 infections around the country.
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