The American Civil Liberties Union, representing disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from requiring face masks, arguing the ban excludes vulnerable students from public schools.
Top health experts issuing a new warning about the use of an unsafe and unapproved method to attempt to treat Covid-19.
140,000 CMS students are starting school on Wednesday. Most of them in-person, says district Superintendent Earnest Winston.
Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte announced Monday that they have updated their mask mandate to clarify that face coverings will be required at all schools and businesses in all indoor public places.
The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday.
An assistant football coach at Western Carolina University has died of COVID complications. John Peacock was an offensive line coach for the Catamounts. His fiancé posted on Facebook that he passed away Wednesday after being diagnosed last Saturday.
Covid cases and hospitalizations are all increasing with a 13.2% positivity rate.
Officials with the Lancaster County School District say 30 staff members and 72 students have tested positive for COVID-19. Forty-two staff members and 575 students have been quarantined due to possible exposure.
It’s one of the stranger, lesser-known aspects of U.S. health care — the striking, milky-blue blood of horseshoe crabs is a critical component of tests to ensure injectable medications such as coronavirus vaccines aren’t contaminated.
Both the Town of Davidson and Matthews in North Carolina voted on Thursday to implement an indoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status.
The Landis Fire Department has decided to temporarily suspend operations after several members of the department contracted COVID-19.
Mecklenburg County Health Director Gibbie Harris says 50 percent of the county's population is vaccinated. The mask mandate is in effect because of the percent positives, hospitalizations and cases continuing to head in the wrong direction.
On August 18th at 5pm, an indoor mask mandate will go into effect in the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
The Biden administration will move to require that nursing home staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding.
U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement released from his office.
South Carolina reports 1,991 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths in the past 24 hours. Officials say 2,326,831 vaccine doses have been administered out of 4,139,360 vaccine doses received in the state.
North Carolina health officials said Monday that medically vulnerable residents with certain health conditions can get an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine, though some have already had a third Pfizer or Moderna shot after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it last week.
Warning of tough days ahead with surging COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday the U.S. could decide in the next couple weeks whether to offer coronavirus booster shots to Americans this fall.
The COVID-19 death toll has started soaring again as the delta variant tears through the nation’s unvaccinated population and fills up hospitals with patients, many of whom are younger than during earlier phases of the pandemic.
Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection, a policy change endorsed Friday by influential government advisers.
It's vital for vaccinated people to keep up with their vaccine card now that many cities are requiring proof of vaccination for attending events, dining at restaurants, traveling and much more. However, what happens if you lose your card?
The Actor's Theatre of Charlotte says they are cancelling the remaining performances of ROCK OF AGES and their production of HEAD OVER HEELS after some vaccinated members of their team tested positive for COVID-19.
A 16-year-old from Lancaster County died due to COVID-19 complications Thursday, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Jennifer Collins.
