Litigation challenging the North Carolina General Assembly’s decision 10 years ago to begin charging some retired state government workers and teachers a premium for health insurance is now before the state Supreme Court.
A Charlotte agency has cited a nursing home after live maggots were found in the wound of a dementia patient.
In an effort to keep the community safe, The Fillmore Charlotte will be requiring proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test for COVID-19 within 72 hours of attending an event at the venue beginning October 4th.
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday — a number greater than the population of Boston.
he Biden administration on Friday urged a federal judge to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September and sent women racing to get care beyond the borders of the second-most populous state.
The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19.
Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.
Teen vaping plummeted this year as many U.S. students were forced to learn from home during the pandemic, according to a government report released Thursday.
Public Health Director Gibbie Harris has confirmed two elementary-aged children have died from COVID-19 in Mecklenburg County this year.
South Carolina's Governor is vowing to take the fight over masks in schools to the U.S. Supreme Court. It comes after a federal judge blocked the state's ban on mask mandates in schools.
Mecklenburg county is preparing to close an emergency shelter that housed more than 200 people following the removal of a homeless encampment North of Charlotte.
Due to staffing shortages related to COVID-19, Cleveland County Animal Services will be temporarily closed.
In an economy upended by the coronavirus, shortages and price spikes have hit everything from lumber to computer chips. Not even toilet paper escaped.
Officials say at least 16 Mecklenburg County employees have been fired for not complying with the county's COVID-19 testing and vaccination policy.
Those eligible, but unvaccinated, can now receive a $50 Visa gift card for getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Cleveland County.
The Avery County Board of Education voted on Tuesday to implement a mask mandate for all students grades 3rd through 12th effective October 6th, 2021.
YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform.
A federal judge Tuesday suspended South Carolina from enforcing a rule that banned school districts from requiring masks for students.
Masks will now be optional starting Wednesday inside Lincoln County Schools, despite a last minute plea from a group of parents.
Nine North Carolina counties, including Mecklenburg County, are benefiting from 25 ambulances and their crews provided by the federal government to help locals struggling to respond to the spikes in calls during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A North Carolina-based hospital system announced Monday that more than 175 of its workers have been fired for failing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
President Joe Biden joked about his age Monday as he rolled up his sleeve for a COVID-19 booster shot, encouraging Americans to get vaccinated against the virus that has killed 688,000 in the U.S. and for those authorized to get their booster doses for more enduring protection.
Mecklenburg County Public Health is offering the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to high-risk groups and frontline workers starting Monday, Sept. 27 at Health Department clinic locations, according to officials.
Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans’ protection against the virus.
Vaccinating against COVID does not increase the risk of miscarriage or birth defects says the CDC.
