North Carolinaβs health department will require workers, volunteers and others at 14 state-run health care facilities to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Sept. 30 unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption, according to a memo.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold has had two coronavirus vaccination shots and will be considered fully vaccinated on July 30, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Despite updated federal guidelines recommending indoor mask use at schools nationwide, even for vaccinated students, South Carolina education officials said Tuesday that they wonβt be able to follow the advice, due to recently passed legislation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging.
Sam Darnold wasnβt willing to divulge whether heβs been vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Carolina Panthers reported to training camp.
The number of North Carolinians in the hospital due to COVID-19 has doubled in the last two weeks, the 14-day rolling average of new daily cases has increased by nearly 200% and the share of tests coming back positive is at its highest level in more than five months.
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.
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