The Mecklenburg County Public Health Department announced Monday that all of their employees will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Aug. 2, 2021, and must show proof of vaccination by Sept. 7, 2021.β―Β Β
A North Carolina woman is set to join the elite ranks of two-time living organ donors.
Chaos and confusion over travel rules and measures to contain new virus outbreaks are contributing to another cruel summer for Europeβs battered tourism industry.
The United States is in an "unnecessary predicamentβ of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nationβs top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.
About 100 of the 613 U.S. athletes descending on Tokyo for the Olympics are unvaccinated, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committeeβs medical chief said hours before Friday nightβs opening ceremony.
The number of NFL players in the COVID-19 vaccination process has reached 80%, with nine teams having 90% or more of their players in that category.
After more than a month of low COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations, this week Gaston County began to see a rapid acceleration of both as the Delta variant begins to spread in the community.
Following an analysis that revealed the overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the first two weeks of June were among residents who were not fully vaccinated, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
A team of doctors in UNC Charlotte's Dept of Bioinformatics and Genomics detected cases of the Delta Variant in Mecklenburg County.
Health officials say as of Thursday 50 percent of eligible South Carolina residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Six North Carolina health systems announced on Thursday that they will be among the first in the state to require their employees to get vaccinated for COVID.
President Joe Biden expressed pointed frustration over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. and pleaded that itβs βgigantically importantβ for Americans to step up and get inoculated against the virus as it surges once again.
COVID concerns, again. More cases, more hospitalizations. What do you think it will take to get more people vaccinated?
Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper announced the statewide mask mandate would expire at the end of the month. But new guidance from the state strongly recommends school districts require masks for students and teachers in kindergarten through eighth grade.
North Carolina health officials and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday announced that they will eliminate the statewide mask mandate and ease masking requirements in schools.
Either get vaccinated for COVID or get rewarded for already being vaccinated at Welcome Back Fest in Charlotte presented by Novant Health on Saturday, July 24th.
North Carolina children would need parental permission before they could receive COVID-19 vaccines approved by federal regulators for emergency use in legislation that advanced through a Senate committee on Wednesday.
The Albemarle Fire Department had to reach out for help with additional staffing this week after ten firefighters tested positive for COVID-19.
The State Laboratory of Public Health identified West Nile virus (WNV) in a mosquito collected in central Mecklenburg County Wednesday, July 14. So far, no Mecklenburg County residents have contracted neuroinvasive WNV.
Canada announced Monday it will begin letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9, and those from the rest of the world on Sept. 7.
UNC Charlotte has confirmed one COVID-19 cluster through its Niner Health Check, testing and contact tracing protocols. The cluster involves five students residing both on and off campus.Β
Atrium Health says the COVID-19 Delta variant is in Charlotte and it's impacting younger, unvaccinated populations.Β In fact, just last week, Atrium Health says nearly 99% of their COVID admissions were patients who were unvaccinated.
An alternate on the United States womenβs gymnastics team has tested positive for COVID-19 in an Olympic training camp in Japan.
Mecklenburg County Health leaders say Covid-19 cases are once again on the rise, most sick people haven't been vaccinated.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address an βurgent threatβ to public health.
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