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 Carolina’s new chief justice says he’s asked Gov. Roy Cooper to consider getting COVID-19 vaccines more quickly to local court officials to meet a state constitutional requirement that “all courts shall be open.”
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 Carolina’s 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 peoples’ 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 he’s calling in the North Carolina National Guard to help accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations in a state that’s 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 Carolina’s 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. 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 Carolina’s public schools said Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19, was experiencing “mild symptoms” but would continue to do her work from home.
North Carolina education officials recently estimated that educators can’t 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 Democrats’ 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 pig’s 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.
A much different end of the year celebration for restaurants and bars across Charlotte.
Beginning Friday, January 8th health officials say Gaston County residents 75-years-old or older are invited to get vaccinated for coronavirus at a clinic located at the Gastonia Farmer's Market.
Officials with Mecklenburg County Public Health, Atrium Health, Novant Health, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management say they jointly support everyone over the age of 75 in getting the COVID-19 vaccination as soon as it becomes available to them.
City of Charlotte officials say the Uptown skyline will light up purple on New Year's Eve to symbolize the end of a turbulent year and encourage hope for 2021.
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