There is some encouraging news coming out of UNC Chapel Hill in regards to the treatment of COVID patients. Researchers have developed a drug thatβs showing promising results.
North Carolina state senators approved a bill Tuesday requiring K-12 public schools to reopen with at least partial in-person instruction made available to the stateβs 1.5 million pupils.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper provides a COVID-19 update for the state as more than 10,000 North Carolinians have died due to the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
Dozens of teachers demonstrated before Monday night's Cabarrus County School Board Meeting
Police officers and sheriff's deputies are not part of the first group in the state to get the COVID vaccine.
Kansas City Chiefs superfan Ty Rowton hugged strangers in the streets of Miami last year after watching his team win the Super Bowl and then joined hundreds of thousands of fans back home at a victory parade, thinking little of a mysterious virus that his buddies were beginning to talk about.
When a Halloween party sparked a COVID-19 outbreak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, school officials conducted rapid screening on more than 1,000 students in a week, including many who didnβt have symptoms.
Mike Smith went to the doctor, and after more than three weeks of testing, he finally got the results. Stage 4 lung cancer.
Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film βThe Sound of Musicβ and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.
Super Bowl Sunday or COVID super spreader? New data shows more than 40 percent of people plan to watch the game with a group outside their immediate family.
The Senate early Friday approved a measure that would let Democrats muscle President Joe Bidenβs $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan through the chamber without Republican support. Vice President Kamala Harris was in the chair to cast the tie-breaking vote, her first.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper unveiled a robust budget and COVID relief package on Thursday. The news comes as key metrics are moving in the right direction and vaccine distribution continues to slowly pick up.Β
Governor Roy Cooper shared a plan on Thursday for allocating federal COVID-19 relief funds and investing state resources for immediate needs in North Carolina, including giving one-time bonuses to educators.
A group of South Carolina senators, including the Republican leader, wants teachers sent to the front of the line to get COVID-19 vaccines so students can get back in school buildings full-time.
CATS officials say starting Wednesday the transit system will provide a free direct bus service to Bojangles Coliseum for any eligible community members scheduled to get their coronavirus vaccination.Β
When the coronavirus forced churches to close their doors and give up Sunday collections, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte turned to the federal governmentβs signature small business relief program for more than $8 million.
North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a coronavirus relief bill that sends federal money approved by Congress in December to schools for reopening, public health officials distributing the vaccine and residents struggling to pay their rent.
We're getting a closer look at the demographic breakdown of who has gotten the COVID vaccine in Mecklenburg County. There are growing concerns about racial disparities when it comes to access.
Steak 48 is launching a month-long national round up the check campaign to benefit the American Heart Association for the month of February.
Efforts continue on another COVID-19 stimulus for millions of struggling Americans. President Biden already meeting with both democrats and republicans this week to talk about his $1.9 trillion plan.
Governor Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced that beginning Monday, February 8, any South Carolina resident aged 65 or older, regardless of health status or preexisting conditions, can begin scheduling their appointment to receive COVID-19 vaccine.
Most North Carolina prisoners can get five days knocked off their sentences if they receive COVID-19 vaccinations, state corrections officials said on Friday.
School districts across North Carolina are working on ways to safely bring students back into the classroom. On Tuesday, Governor Roy Cooper strongly encouraged more than a dozen districts including Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools to make a change.Β
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced his desire for the stateβs more than 1.5 million public school students to be given the option of daily in-person classes. But he declined to compel districts to make that option available.
The Biden administration will begin shipping COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies next week, ramping up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are appearing, the White House said Tuesday.
