But that could soon change starting as the end of this week. President-elect Joe Biden says he has big plans to give 100-million vaccinations in 100 days as soon as he’s inaugurated.Many people who are eligible to get vaccinated right now can’t find an appointment right here in Charlotte.And there
Traxler is still pointing to the limited doses it is getting from the state as the reason. She says the Department of Health and Environmental Control is asking for the most doses it can get.
While N.C. vaccine guidelines expanded to people 65 and up, there are some people in the high risk category who believe they should be moved up on the state's list.
As South Carolina continues to vaccinate those 70 years and older for COVID-19, health leaders believe it could be months before they move to the next phase.
The N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network surveyed local health departments across the state to find out why North Carolina has ranked near the bottom of states in administering the COVID-19 vaccine. We found a lack of manpower, technical problems and logistical hurdles.
Holly Wilson, a nurse at a long-term care facility in Matthews, said she received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. Wilson spoke to WBTV via Zoom as she was receiving the shot.
This comes as North Carolina struggles to complete vaccinating its current groups of frontline healthcare workers, longterm care facility residents and workers, and people age 75 and older.
Vaccination appointments for people 70 years and older started on Wednesday in South Carolina.DHEC says that population is more than 670,000 that are now eligible to get the vaccine.To make an appointment you can call the DHEC Care Line at 1-855-472-3432 for assistance with scheduling an appointme
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is calling on qualified individuals to help support COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the state.
As COVID-19 numbers continue to increase, hospitals are continuing to feel the impacts including fuller ICUs and more strain on their staff.Here in Mecklenburg County, hospitals are keeping a close eye on their ICU’s and making constant adjustments to bed capacity and their staffing where they see
Pharmacies across the Carolinas say they’re ready to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine.But first they need the authorization from North Carolina state leaders.The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is pushing for that authorization saying there’s no one better for the job than your neigh
As healthcare systems ramp up COVID vaccine distributions, some hospitals are calling on community members with prior medical or data gathering experience to help. Tidelands Health officials are opening about 50 temporary positions.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced on Tuesday that 50 National Guard personnel were mobilized to help local health departments with COVID-19 vaccines.
Friday night, after Governor Henry McMaster called on the department to be more transparent with data the day prior, South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control released new numbers on the allocations received and distributed of the COVID-19 vaccine.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has sent a letter to the chairman of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, demanding more information about the COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the state.
Officials say the clinics will offer vaccinations to any Gaston County resident 75 years or older beginning on Friday, Jan. 8 at the Gastonia Farmer’s Market.
As a more infectious strain increases the coronavirus’ deadly threat, federal leaders are sticking to their formula for distributing vaccines in short supply.
As frontline and essential workers get their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, many people are hesitant to receive the vaccine once it’s their turn.
Everyday, we talk about how to avoid getting COVID-19 and slowing down the spread. Wear a mask. Social distance. Wash your hands.But what about the thousands of people in North Carolina who got the virus and recovered.Is it different for them? And will your diagnosis affect when you get the vaccin
Atrium Health released a detailed explanation of their COVID-19 distribution plan Monday after a WBTV investigation that uncovered the hospital system was scheduling non-critical employees to receive the vaccine, despite North Carolina regulations.
Monday, about 60 residents and staff at HarborChase in Rock Hill were one of the first to get the vaccine. 40 residents and about 20 staff were some of the first in this area to get the Moderna vaccine.
Monday, at least 899 nursing and assisted living facilities in North Carolina were given the green light to start administering their first doses of the vaccine.
Some at Atrium Health who were scheduled to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine next month will be delayed, following a controversy this week over non-medical employees being included in the first phase of vaccine distribution.
Atrium Health is scheduling non-critical employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, despite state regulations aimed at ensuring those who interact with COVID-19 patients and the elderly are inoculated first.
The Americans with Disabilities Act limits an employer’s ability to require workers to get a medical examination. But the EEOC’s latest guidance clarifies that getting vaccinated does not constitute a medical exam.
The vaccine arrived Tuesday and health officials say paramedics from Mecklenburg EMS and Public Health vaccine staff will be first in line to receive it.
Atrium Health is among one of the first hospitals in the southeastern United States to receive Moderna’s COVID-19, the second vaccine to be approved for emergency use by the FDA.
CVS Health will begin administering coronavirus vaccines at more than 40,000 long-term care facilities across the country, including in North Carolina.
Vaccinating teachers would make for “a safer return to in-person instruction, and provides the means necessary for tens of millions of workers to support the economy,” Adams and her colleagues wrote Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the CDC in Atlanta.
The Food and Drug Administration was evaluating a shot developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health and was expected to give it the green light soon, clearing the way for its use to begin as early as Monday.
According to the nonprofit, RIP Medical Debt, about 1 in 3 Americans are in medical debt. Each day, about 79 million people must choose between paying those medical bills or paying for necessities like food and shelter.
Frontline healthcare workers at UNC Healthcare Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir began to be vaccinated on Wednesday just as officials identified a cluster of coronavirus cases in the Emergency Department there.
