Worldwide the number of reported infections hit another gloomy milestone — 1 million, with more than 53,000 deaths, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The South Carolina Department of Education is working to gather a list of potential volunteers to keep children fed across the state while classrooms are closed. The department is working with The United Way of South Carolina to establish a database of people who could step in and fill gaps.
These local pharmacies are essential businesses for thousands of patients who are taking all sorts of critical medications, such as hydroxychloroquine.
The bleak news Thursday — 6.6 million new unemployment claims on top of 3.3 million last week — came as the competition for scarce ventilators, masks and other protective gear seemed to grow more desperate and deaths mounted.
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MICHAEL R. SISAK, LORI HINNANT and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
The letters claim the City of Charleston Public Service Department and MUSC are seeking healthy students to participate in a vaccine trial for COVID-19.
The stunning report Thursday from the Labor Department showed that job cuts are mounting against the backdrop of economies in the United States and abroad that have almost certainly sunk into a severe recession as businesses have shut down across the world.
Charleston County deputies say they filed a criminal charge against a man shown throwing a cat against a wall in a video circulated on social media last year.
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says the number of initial unemployment claims doubled in the week ending March 28 over the previous week.
Even as the virus has slowed its growth in overwhelmed Italy and in China, where it first emerged, hospitals in Spain and France are reaching their breaking points and the U.S. and Britain are bracing for incoming waves of desperately ill people.
With many people newly unemployed or experiencing economic struggles because of COVID-19, a statewide nonprofit is making it easier for people to find the resources they need.
