The public health director for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said Wednesday a steady decline in COVID cases had come to an end.
The city of Charleston says almost all city employees met Monday’s COVID-19 vaccine compliance deadline, either by being vaccinated or receiving medical or religious accommodations.
With just a few days remaining before the deadline to get a COVID-19 vaccine, many city employees in Charleston and North Charleston have yet to receive a vaccine or submit an exemption request.
South Carolina’s state epidemiologist urged people to get tested for COVID by Saturday to make sure they know their status before any Thanksgiving holiday gatherings.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Wednesday suspended implementation and enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for private employers after a federal court blocked the measure.
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.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a total of a drop in new cases, but an increase in deaths in the latest batch of tests.
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.
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott joined 41 of his Senate colleagues in an effort to nullify a new federal vaccine mandate that would affect approximately 80 million workers.
DHEC has announced its support of the CDC’s sign-off on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, and is urging South Carolina parents to get their children vaccinated.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said the state has already received some 60,000 pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and more are on the way.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said 481 new COVID-19 cases were detected in the latest batch of tests released Wednesday.
The Medical University of South Carolina here in Charleston says they’ve already ordered 3,900 doses of the Pfizer pediatric vaccine to begin distributing once clinics and sites are ready.
A Columbia employment law attorney said Americans should be prepared to start hearing more about fights brewing between states and the federal government over vaccine mandates.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported drops in the total number of new COVID-19 cases, deaths in the latest data Monday.
A recent report from the CDC shows South Carolinians experienced one of the biggest increases in anxiety and depression during the pandemic among all states and the District of Columbia.
A panel of the Food and Drug Administration’s outside vaccine advisers voted on Tuesday to back Pfizer’s request to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 5 years old.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released data Thursday showing a small increase in new COVID-19 cases over the previous day.
The Ralph H. Johnson VA health care system announced on Thursday that boosters for the Moderna and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines will be offered under the recent emergency use authorization.
South Carolina’s state epidemiologist urged parents to get children vaccinated against COVID-19 as quickly as possible once the vaccine is approved for their age group.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said 630 new COVID-19 cases were detected in the latest batch of tests released Wednesday.
The state health department announced on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccinations will be unavailable at some health department sites in order to train staff for upcoming vaccinations for children.
A member of a scientific coalition advising Puerto Rico’s government on the coronavirus pandemic recently joked about the island’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate, attributing it to the proliferation of drug store chains on the island.
The downward trend in new cases of COVID-19 is continuing in South Carolina but the number of deaths rose slightly, according to the latest numbers from the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Elementary Students at schools in the Charleston County School District will no longer have zoom links for live instruction starting Monday, school district officials said.
