The South Carolina Department of Education has partnered with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to launch a statewide competition encouraging K-12 students to embrace their creativity and record a jingle for the COVID-19 vaccine campaign.
In a letter sent to Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Rep. Ted Budd said the city might be violating congressional guidelines by not spending the money on COVID-19 relief, but on other programs.
Ward Blanchard, founder and CEO of The Blanchard Institute in Pineville, said he was not surprised to learn that more than 100,000 people in America had died from an overdose in a year’s time.
One study of long COVID symptoms in children suggested that more than half of those between 6 and 16 years old who contract COVID-19 have at least one symptom that lasts more than 120 days.
Staff from Salisbury VA’s Community Living Center (CLC)—which houses the facility’s long-term residents—recently distributed 12 robotic dogs and cats to be shared among CLC and Hospice Veterans. Studies show these animals can be beneficial for a range of older adults.
Families looking to visit Santa Claus at Bass Pro Shops at Concord Mills this holiday season may notice something different about the experience. Santa is no longer separated from visitors by a barrier.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a lawsuit on Monday in federal court to block the mandate requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
For some perspective, Kathryn was air lifted to NHRMC on July 28th, and put on ECMO on August 6th. Kathryn went into a coma that day and didn’t wake up until September 3rd.
Novant Heath is opening select mass vaccination sites on Saturdays to give school-aged children the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine on a weekend.
On Monday, Nov. 8, the Caldwell County Board of Education unanimously voted on a policy to make face masks optional for students and staff effective immediately per Board action.
Last week, Mecklenburg County commissioners voted to change guidelines and lift the mask mandate if the county’s percent positivity rate drops below 5% for seven straight days.
This was the first weekend kids five through 11 could get their COVID vaccine and parents had one reason as to why they decided to wait in some lines to get their kids the shot.
Moore is a nephrologist and has seen about 30% of his COVID-19 patients have had some sort of kidney failure or damage. “COVID, to me, has been reliably unpredictable. You know, some people will have a very severe illness, and others do pretty well,” Moore said.
South Carolina’s attorney general says the state has joined four other states and several businesses in filing paperwork to begin a court fight against a federal vaccine mandate.
Mecklenburg County Public Health has received authorization from NC DHHS to administer Pfizer BioNTech’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5-11 years old.
At this point, 19 states, including South Carolina, have filed four lawsuits against the federal government over a vaccine requirement for all federal contractors.
The newly announced “Mayor’s Racial Equity Initiative” looks to invest $250 million to address inequities and remove barriers to opportunity through four key workstreams.
