Union County School Board member Reverand Jimmy H. Bention, Sr., says district officials tried to work with the county health department to shorten the quarantine period for asymptomatic students because he says state health officials are responsible for putting people in quarantine.
A steady criticism of COVID vaccine mandates by figures on Fox News has drawn attention to its own companyβs stringent rules on the topic β even from President Joe Biden.
A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an βalarmingβ increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.
Half of all South Carolinians eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine are now fully inoculated, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Thursday.
The White House offered Wednesday to connect Nicki Minaj with one of the Biden administrationβs doctors to address her questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, after the Trinidadian-born rapperβs erroneous tweet alleging the vaccine causes impotence went viral
40 concerned physicians, who have children in UCPS, say the board doesn't have a plan in place to protect students.
Nearly 600 Mecklenburg county employees are at home, on unpaid suspension for disobeying the vaccination and testing rules.Β
Religious objections, once used sparingly around the country to get exempted from various required vaccines, are becoming a much more widely used loophole against the COVID-19 shot.
Phased testing will begin with unvaccinated elementary school staff the week of September 27th.
One week before Valerie Allen was expected to give birth to her fourth child she contracted COVID-19 which led to a prolonged hospitalization. βI had no underlying conditions,β she said. βIβm a healthy person and I canβt believe how bad itΒ got me.β
Fire officials say Charlotte Firefighter Jeffery Hager died on Friday after battling the coronavirus for several weeks.
Officials say a second middle school teacher has died from COVID-19 complications in Lancaster County.Β South Middle School special education teacher Eleanor Mends passed away after battling COVID-19, according to school officials.
New U.S. studies released Friday show the COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country.
President Joe Bidenβs aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience, plunging the country deeper into culture wars that have festered since the onset of the pandemic.
The Rock Hill community came together on Friday to surprise school nurses with care packages filled with local goods and gift cards.
Jason Arena posted a video on TikTok days after his wife with stage 4 breast cancer was in the hospital. The Mooresville man tells WCCB he rushed his wife, Marilyn, to get fluid drained in August.
President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nationβs economic recovery.
The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted βin open defiance of the Constitution.β
Athletic Director John Sherrill says all North Iredell High School athletic activities scheduled for the remainder of the week will be cancelled due to the amount of students quarantined.
North Carolina health officials on Tuesday released a report showing 170 ongoing COVID-19 clusters in K-12 schools or child care settings.
By a 5-4 vote, masks will remain optional in Union County Public Schools. Hundreds of pro and anti mask parents rallied before the meeting with strong opinions on either side.
The Biden Administration has plans for the COVID-19 booster shots and an update on when they could be rolled out.
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