As South Carolina continues to grapple with thousands of new coronavirus cases that have burdened hospitals and disrupted schools, the panel of lawmakers that oversees medical issues is gathering testimony from people who want greater access to unproven alternative COVID-19 treatments not currently recommended by public health officials.
County commissioners voted 5-4 earlier this month to add religious gatherings to the indoor mask mandate.
The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizerβs COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of the extra shots.
A day after assuming his job, Floridaβs newly appointed surgeon general on Wednesday signed new protocols allowing parents to decide whether their children should quarantine or stay in school if they are asymptomatic after being exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
People attending the 2021 N.C. State Fair wonβt be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but itβs strongly encouraged, officials said.
The City of Kings Mountain has made the decision to postpone all scheduled mass gatherings as COVID-19 cases continue to surge within Cleveland County.
A Georgia man is accused of conspiring to defraud North Carolinaβs Medicaid program of more than $4 million through kickbacks, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The U.S. will ease foreign travel restrictions to the country beginning in November, allowing foreigners in if they have proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test, the White House said Monday.
The Union County Board of Education held a special meeting Monday where they voted to recognize quarantines for close contacts of COVID-19 cases. This is to follow its legal obligations of reporting positive cases to the local health department.
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon -- a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.
Chris Rock on Sunday said he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent a message to anyone still on the fence: βGet vaccinated.β
President Joe Biden goes before the United Nations this week eager to make the case for the world to act with haste against the coronavirus, climate change and human rights abuses.
South Carolina is setting records for COVID-19 hospitalizations, and new cases are approaching the peak levels of last winter.
The bitter back and forth continues to play out at school board meetings across the Charlotte area.Β The Union County School Board now plans to hold an emergency meeting Monday to address the threat of legal action from the North Carolina Health Department.Β
Dealing the White House a stinging setback, a government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots across the board, and instead endorsed the extra vaccine dose only for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease.
Carolina Panthers offensive lineman John Miller spent last Sunday watching his teamβs season opener against the New York Jets from his bed, still recovering from COVID-19 symptoms.
The Charlotte Symphony at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center announced Friday that individuals attending performances will be required to provide proof of vaccination and matching valid photo identification.
Union County School Board member Reverand Jimmy H. Bention, Sr., says district officials tried to work with the county health department to shorten the quarantine period for asymptomatic students because he says state health officials are responsible for putting people in quarantine.
A steady criticism of COVID vaccine mandates by figures on Fox News has drawn attention to its own companyβs stringent rules on the topic β even from President Joe Biden.
A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an βalarmingβ increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.
Half of all South Carolinians eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine are now fully inoculated, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Thursday.
The White House offered Wednesday to connect Nicki Minaj with one of the Biden administrationβs doctors to address her questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, after the Trinidadian-born rapperβs erroneous tweet alleging the vaccine causes impotence went viral
40 concerned physicians, who have children in UCPS, say the board doesn't have a plan in place to protect students.
Nearly 600 Mecklenburg county employees are at home, on unpaid suspension for disobeying the vaccination and testing rules.Β
Religious objections, once used sparingly around the country to get exempted from various required vaccines, are becoming a much more widely used loophole against the COVID-19 shot.
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