Funeral arrangements have been finalized for the woman who brought people of all different walks of life together to enjoy a good meal at her two Lowcountry restaurants.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday that independent monitors had recommended placing on hold enrollment of the most severely ill patients because of a potential safety problem and unfavorable balance of risks and benefits.
South Carolina has received $1.14 million dollars in federal funds aimed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in healthcare facilities.
Parisians — along with the rest of this nation of 67 million — were confined to their homes as of Friday, for the second time in seven months, under a presidential decree ratified by Parliament.
Rep. Joe Cunningham’s office says they will host a bipartisan virtual town hall and COVID-19 discussion with the Co-Chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, Rep. Tom Reed.
Two weeks ago, officials with the Department of Health and Environmental Control released a plan to distribute coronavirus vaccines in the Palmetto state. While there is limited information about the COVID-19 vaccine, trials for other potential vaccines are ongoing.
The Charleston County School District has launched its own 'learning pods’ to create a way to allow students learning virtually to have a place to get work done and still have social interaction.
Pope Francis is halting his public general audiences and will limit participation at Christmas and other upcoming Masses amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Italy and the Vatican, officials said Thursday.
City of Charleston leaders are reminding the public to follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention if they celebrate Halloween.
Germany’s disease control agency said local health authorities reported 16,774 new positive tests for COVID-19 in the past day, pushing the country’s total since the start of the outbreak close to the half million-mark.
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says 3,837 people filed their first unemployment claims last week, an increase of more than 200 from the previous week.
While this money was allocated to provide coronavirus relief, the city wants to use around $900,000 for acquiring property for transitional or rental affordable housing.
The World Health Organization said more than 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases were reported last week — the shortest time ever for such an exponential increase.
The Department of HUD has provided another special award to the City of Charleston in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funds as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At age 83 and with part of his lung removed after an illness in his youth, Pope Francis would be at high risk for complications if he were to become infected with COVID-19.
Surging COVID-19 cases in Chicago prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday to ban indoor dining and bar services and limit the number of people gathering in one place.
The administration official said Medicare’s announcement will try to resolve several legal technicalities that could conceivably get in the way of delivering free vaccines to millions of seniors, a high-risk group for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
The U.S. casino industry is seeking tax and regulatory relief from the government as it tries to recover from the coronavirus outbreak, which cost states more than $2 billion in lost tax revenue while casinos were shut down for four months this year.
A new study estimates that if most Americans wore masks in public, more than 100,000 lives could be saved from COVID-19 between now and the end of February.
Health experts had warned that it was only a matter of time before deaths turned upward, given the record-breaking surge in cases engulfing the country.
Europe’s confirmed death toll has surpassed 250,000 according to a count by Johns Hopkins University, which puts the global toll at more than 1.1 million.
Chief nursing officer Mary Kaye Halterman said Trident is trying to get ahead of projected worsening of a national nursing shortage over the next decade.
Deputy Danny H. Rouse, with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office, felt ill at work on October 19 and was admitted to the hospital the following day where she tested positive for coronavirus.
The country’s most famous expert on COVID is a fan of masks, but Dr. Anthony Fauci hasn’t supported mandating them at the federal level. In light a of a new model that shows a winter surge of infection is already upon us, he told CNN’s Erin Burnett maybe it is time to require them.
The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease’s grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to Idaho reel under the surge.
Health experts warned the coronavirus pandemic has led to more overdose incidents and deaths in South Carolina in 2020, and they are pushing people to dispose of their unused medications this weekend.
U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to treat COVID-19. Remdesivir is an antiviral medicine given through an IV for patients needing hospitalization.
Clemson University announced on Thursday a major change about its student instruction during the pandemic: After the Thanksgiving holiday, all student learning will go online.
Governor Henry McMaster stopped in the Lowcountry on Wednesday morning to encourage small business owners and nonprofit owners to apply for a new grant program.
Across South Carolina, there are hundreds of nursing homes and Community Residential Care Facilities that are not allowing visitations, but that number is fluctuating weekly.
Hospitals around the United States are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff.
Multiple vaccine candidates are in final-stage studies in tens of thousands of adults, and scientists are hopeful that the next few months will bring evidence that at least some of them are safe and effective enough for widespread use.
The U.S. Attorney General District of South Carolina Office says they have arrested two men for stealing personal protective equipment from a federal law enforcement training center.
