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.
Health officials urge South Carolina residents to remain vigilant against the spread of COVID-19 as the state prepares to celebrate the new year.
Mecklenburg County health officials say theyβre concerned about large gatherings over the holiday weekend as the state sets a single day covid case count record.Β
North Carolina is reporting the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic. Health officials say the number of people visiting the emergency room with COVID-like symptoms also set a record on Thursday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating more cruise ships due to new COVID-19 cases aboard.
North Carolina health data shows that positive COVID-19 test rates and hospitalizations soared during the long holiday weekend.
Emergency Departments are not the place to go for covid testing. It's what Novant Health Director of Nursing Courtney Cortes is stressing as they're dealing with an influx of patients.
A police chief in a small North Carolina town has been placed on unpaid leave because he reportedly told officers about a βclinicβ where they could get COVID-19 vaccination cards without actually being vaccinated.
U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine.
The Carolina Panthers have sent all of their players home from Bank of America Stadium after six more players tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
The U.S. has lifted the travel restrictions on eight southern African countries. The restrictions were imposed to try to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant.
