Results from testing done within the Charleston County Schools show a mixed bag following a year with significant changes to learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a total of 1,711 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Palmetto State last week.
A Charleston County lawmaker has asked Gov. Henry McMaster and Attorney General Alan Wilson to weigh in on the firing of five employees with the Medical University of South Carolina.
The group has set up mobile vaccines at several churches and even jails and prisons during the pandemic. The goal is to take the vaccine to those who want it, but might not be able to get to a clinic otherwise.
MUSC Health officials confirmed Wednesday that five employees have been fired from the hospital system for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with a new policy established in April.
New guidance released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday says students returning to in-person learning this fall should be a priority.
South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control said Friday it’s reviewing new guidance released earlier in the day by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as schools across the country make changes to their reopening plans due to COVID-19.
More than 90 percent of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in South Carolina within a two-week period were among unvaccinated people, according to the SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control.
A South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control review of COVID-19 data suggests people who are not fully vaccinated account for nearly all COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
Some COVID-19 survivors recover very quickly or don’t even know they have the virus. Others feel life-changing symptoms for weeks and even months on end.
The Folly Beach Library will allow visitors inside its facility Tuesday for the first time since last spring when the pandemic forced it to offer only curbside pickups.
Lowcountry restaurants already dealing with a staffing shortage are now facing impacts from a nationwide shortage of seafood, chicken, and some other meats.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a “very limited” number of COVID-19 vaccines that reportedly contained only saline.
South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control said the latest round of COVID-19 tests revealed 136 new confirmed cases of the disease.
Governor Henry McMaster, members of the General Assembly and business leaders from around the state joined for the signing of the South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Safe Harbor Act.
The day after reporting the lowest number of newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases since the height of the pandemic, South Carolina reported double that number.
Officials with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control are reinforcing the need for the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19 amid an increase in Delta variant cases.
The latest round of COVID-19 test results released by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control showed 120 newly confirmed and 70 new probable cases.
