South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) officials say South Carolina Hospitals should begin vaccinating patients 65 years and older as long as they do not currently have the coronavirus, and their provider approves it.
U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses.
North Carolina prison officials are considering offering rewards to inmates who accept a coronavirus vaccine that will soon become available to them.
State and county health officials warning that our worst days are still ahead of us during the COVID-19 pandemic.Β
Gaston County officials say they launched a new tool to help residents get in line for the COVID-19 vaccine, and longtime commissioner Joe Carpenter died on Sunday, January 3rd at the age of 84.
Mecklenburg County officials say additional resources are being put into place to expand emergency shelter operations for the homeless in response to the extreme weather forecasted overnight Thursday, January 7th.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is calling for President Donald Trump's removal from office after the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday by Trump supporters.
Officials with Samaritan's Purse say its 30-bed Emergency Field Hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina is now open to assist COVID patients in order to relieve the burden rising case counts have had on five local healthcare systems.
As cases surge in North Carolina demand for vaccinations is overwhelming.
North Carolinaβs new chief justice says heβs asked Gov. Roy Cooper to consider getting COVID-19 vaccines more quickly to local court officials to meet a state constitutional requirement that βall courts shall be open.β
Governor Roy Cooper extended North Carolina's Modified Stay At Home Order for at least another three weeks in an news conference today providing COVID-19 updates.
As counties across North Carolina began administering the COVID-19 vaccines to Phase 1B Group 1, which includes all adults 75 years or older, multiple sites are closing early due to a high volume of interest and a limited supply of the vaccine.
North Carolinaβs top public health official said Tuesday that most nursing home workers are refusing to take coronavirus vaccines being offered in a state that has now become one of the slowest in the nation to get doses into peoplesβ arms.
Mecklenburg County Public Health (MCPH) says that the County will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to Phase 1B Group 1, which includes all adults 75 years or older, beginning January 6.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that heβs calling in the North Carolina National Guard to help accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations in a state thatβs been near the bottom of states in doses administered so far.
After being rebuked in court for trying to spend his share of federal COVID-19 money on private school tuition grants, South Carolinaβs governor wants to spend the money on early childhood education, job training and tutors for foster children instead.
Mecklenburg County health officials are preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to people who are 75 and older beginning Wednesday.Β Currently, health care workers and long term care residents are staff are being vaccinated.
The Charlotte Checkers today announced that they will not participate in the 2020-21 American Hockey League season that is set to begin on Feb. 5.
The superintendent of South Carolinaβs public schools said Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19, was experiencing βmild symptomsβ but would continue to do her work from home.
North Carolina education officials recently estimated that educators canβt account for about 10,000 to 15,000 public school students this school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democratsβ slender House majority as President-elect Joe Biden sets a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy and address other party priorities.
Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday.
Vandals lashed out at the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate over the holiday weekend, blighting their homes with graffiti and in one case a pigβs head as Congress failed to approve an increase in the amount of money being sent to individuals to help cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
Hundreds turned out to attend a service Saturday and Sunday at the Beatties Ford Road location.
An offender housed at Alexander Correctional Institution who tested positive for COVID-19 has died at the hospital as a result of pre-existing medical conditions complicated by the novel coronavirus.
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