Charleston healthcare leaders say in order to get mass-scale immunity against COVID-19, they’re running a race not against each other, but between vaccinations and the variables that stand in the way.
South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control confirmed Friday morning the state received its first doses of the Janssen vaccine earlier this week.
Saturday marks a grim milestone in the state’s fight against the novel coronavirus: it is the first anniversary of the first reported confirmed cases in the state.
Horry County resident MaryAnn Carruthers is 70 years old and part of Phase 1a in the state’s vaccination rollout. After a rocky start, she’s fully vaccinated.
Fetter Health Care Network is holding a vaccine clinic on Wadmalaw Island and the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office is helping those who need transportation get a ride.
This time next week more people will be eligible to get COVID-19 shots as our state moves into the second phase for vaccinations.That next group includes all pregnant women.
Experts do not yet know how long you are protected from getting sick again after recovering from COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
South Carolina is set to receive 41,000 doses of the newly-approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine in its first shipment, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said Monday.
With nearly 4 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s newly-approved COVID vaccine on the way to states, Lowcountry hospitals are waiting to find out when they will begin receiving shipments.
DHEC recommends that even if you have COVID antibodies, you should still socially distance and mask up. Scientists don’t know how protective those antibodies are yet.
The CEO of Fetter Health Care wants to reassure people hoping to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at one of their clinics that they won’t run out of vaccines.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control says the waste is minimal when you consider that 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been given in South Carolina.
The City of Charleston says they are looking to partner with the Medical University of South Carolina to set up a semi-permanent COVID-19 vaccination site.
Harris Teeter says it is working to notify people who booked COVID vaccine appointments Friday and Saturday that it will not have the necessary doses available.
Tidelands Health says the 5,200 COVID vaccine doses they will have handed out by the end of Friday at vaccine clinic locations including Murrells Inlet and Georgetown sets a new weekly record.
Because of a newly discovered COVID-19 vaccine side effect, doctors are now recommending women wait to get their regularly scheduled mammograms until weeks after receiving both doses.
MUSC officials say a special syringe has enabled them to get an additional one or two doses of the COVID vaccine from each vial. But there’s a problem.
As North Carolina announced an update to their COVID vaccine guidelines, South Carolina’s state epidemiologist says the Palmetto State has no similar plan.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control says it has notified COVID-19 vaccine providers that shipments of the vaccine may be delayed because of weather.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released Monday a new dashboard it says will help ensure equal access to the COVID vaccine.
AARP SC is hosting a live, telephone town hall-style event with Gov. Henry McMaster, DHEC Director Dr. Edward Simmer and DHEC Epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell.
The state’s top education leader says every school district in the state is prepared to give out COVID-19 vaccines once they become available to teachers and staff.
Thousands of vaccine-eligible South Carolina residents don’t have a license and others can’t get themselves to vaccine appointments, so now some are asking the state for help.
A bill lawmakers and hospitals hope will help improve the vaccine roll out in South Carolina, in particular in rural communities, has passed the South Carolina Senate and is now heading back to the House.
Federal officials have warned South Carolina severe weather could delay the arrival of COVID-19 vaccine shipments, the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control said Thursday.
Weeks after receiving their initial dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, those aged 70 and older are returning to Tidelands Health for that necessary second shot.
Over the past several days, two mass vaccination clinics were held along the Grand Strand, and Myrtle Beach leaders are hoping to create more in the immediate future.
The leading doctor in South Carolina’s fight against COVID-19 said she knows that the vaccine distribution process has been frustrating for many people who are waiting to see if they will be next in line.
The bill South Carolina senators approved Tuesday to move teachers higher up in the state’s vaccine rollout also contains an amendment designed to help fight a teacher shortage.
Leaders from Charleston County and Fetter Health Care Network will announce a vaccination program designed to get the COVID-19 vaccine to rural areas of the county.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says they and Governor Henry McMaster announced South Carolinians 65 or older can begin scheduling their appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
When the third of the vaccine rollout begins, people with “underlying health conditions,” including smoking, will be eligible to receive the COVID vaccine.
While many health experts recommend pregnant healthcare workers on the frontlines receive a COVID-19 vaccine, some worry about the lack of data from clinical trials related to how mothers and their unborn children may be impacted long term.
Gov. Henry McMaster says the state must prioritize saving lives in the COVID-19 pandemic by first protecting South Carolinians “at greatest risk of dying and those who keep them — and the rest of us — alive.”
WBTV’s vaccine team is checking in on the progress to vaccinate long-term care staff and residents, after state leaders expressed concern over vaccine hesitancy in these groups.
The South Carolina Department of Education says all of the state’s school districts have now been connected with an approved provider as they wait for teachers to be eligible for the COVID vaccine.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s new method for tracking the spread of COVID-19 has raised some questions about the pervasiveness of the coronavirus in the state.
Tidelands Health officials have been able to stretch their COVID-19 vaccine supply by 20 percent by using a very precise method to ensure not a single drop is wasted.
State health officials have said South Carolina will see a 16% increase in its weekly shipment of first vaccine doses from the federal government beginning this week.