South Carolina is ranked 10th in the nation for how quickly the state is administering the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new national report by Becker's Hospital Review.
This week, hospitals will feel the strain of getting little to no covid vaccine. State Health Director Dr. Mandy Cohen says it's because most of the doses allocated to the state are going to large-scale vaccination events that were planned weeks ago.
Mecklenburg County officials will hold a press conference to update the public on the county's COVID-19 response. County Manager Dena R. Diorio and Health Director Gibbie Harris will speak.
Key metrics are moving in the right direction as the fight against COVID-19 continues. The encouraging news comes as a new strain of the virus is confirmed in North Carolina for the first time.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the York County Detention Center (YCDC) has increased to 47. This increase is from the results of a facility wide COVID-19 testing.
The Senate plans to begin former President Trump's trial next month. The article will be presented Monday and Senators will be sworn in as jurors Tuesday.
Weddington Elementary students and staff will work remotely for the next two weeks after five students tested positive for coronavirus, according to school officials.
Senator Bernie Sanders began selling sweatshirts and t-shirts for charity after a photo of him wearing mittens at the presidential inauguration went viral.
Straining under record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation’s intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West.
Anti-abortion leaders across America were elated a year ago when Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to appear in person at their highest-profile annual event, the March for Life held every January.
Officials with the UNC Department of Athletics are putting up cutouts of fans at Smith Center and Carmichael Arena in lieu of having an in-person audience as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact so many lives.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services say a new strain of coronavirus has been detected in the state.
Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese held a White House news briefing on January 22nd to discuss President Biden's executive orders related to the economy.
Mecklenburg County Health Department vaccine appointments are booked through the first three weeks of February. The reservations were full within hours of their opening.
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Mecklenburg County Public Health announced that they will be opening additional appointments for the first three weeks of February for Groups 1 and 2 based on anticipated vaccine supply. Appointments will be available for scheduling beginning Jan. 21 at 8:30 a.m.
Officials with Triple C Brewing Company in Charlotte, N.C. say their taproom and food truck will be closed until at least Friday, January 22nd after an employee tested positive for coronavirus.
A GoFundMe was created to support the young family of a Salisbury P.E. teacher who died from complications from COVID-19 on January 19th.
Public health officials invite Catawba County residents to sign up for their COVID-19 vaccination through a new website, CatawbaVaccine.org.
Now that anyone age 65 and older in North Carolina is eligible for a COVID vaccine, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find an appointment.
Public Health Director Gibbie Harris and health officials provide a COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon for Mecklenburg County amid the rising case counts.
Looking for places in the Charlotte area to get tested for COVID-19 or not sure where to go if you have an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine? WCCB Charlotte has all the details you need to get tested or scheduled for a vaccination.
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The York County Detention Center (YCDC) has confirmed one positive case of COVID-19. Also, one additional inmate has shown symptoms of COVID-19, but has not yet tested positive.
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