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.

A vaccine location in South Carolina is delivering 130 doses a day with no waiting and wants to expand their capacity to 300 shots per day.

Harris Teeter says they no longer have appointments available for their COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Charleston Gaillard Center.

South Carolina could start transitioning to Phase 1b in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan in about two to three weeks

Lawmakers reassured Spearman they want teachers to be vaccinated, but not before our vulnerable senior citizen population.

Fetter Health Care Network says they will be hosting a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic at a North Charleston church.

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.

MUSC officials confirmed Monday morning winter weather has caused delays forcing them to postpone more than 10,000 COVID vaccine appointments.

Providers across the state are seeing varying levels of difficulty with receiving vaccine shipments.

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.

The state health department reports 710,419 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been given in South Carolina so far.

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.

Fetter Health Care is hosting its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Colleton County beginning Thursday morning.

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.

A review of state credit card expenses revealed a string of lunch charges in DHEC’s spending records.

Harris Teeter along with the Gaillard Center and City of Charleston are sponsoring a COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

Though the actual COVID-19 vaccines are free, some providers are charging an “administration fee” that may get passed along to the patient.

State lawmakers are sending a $208 million funding bill to Gov. Henry McMaster’s desk.

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.

Charleston County says they will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for those who qualify for the vaccine.

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.

We posed this question to Cristi Renwick of the S.C. State Emergency Response Team.

We posed this question to Fetter Health Care Network, which is running two such clinics this week.

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.

Congressman Tom Rice is calling on President Joe Biden to “follow the science and reopen schools,” according to information from his office.

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.

The South Carolina Department of Health is preparing for a ‘phase-in’ return to in-person inspections at food establishments across the state.

State senators unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would move teachers, school staff and daycare workers higher up in the state’s vaccine rollout.

South Carolina health officials say adults with Down syndrome are expected to be able to get vaccinated in late spring.

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.”

The vaccine takes two shots – spaced apart.

The Fetter Health Care Network will host two Berkeley County COVID-19 vaccination clinics for people in Phase 1A of the rollout.

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.

McMaster’s statement Sunday comes following an outcry from teachers late last week.

On his first day as the leader of the state’s health department, Dr. Edward Simmer knows he faces big challenges with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

As of Feb. 1, the state remained in the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s Phase 1A vaccine distribution.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control continues to finalize plans for future phases of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

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.

Right now, people 70 years old and up, as well as hospital patients 65 and older can get vaccinated.

Fetter Health Care Network says they are holding a vaccine clinic in Goose Creek for those who are eligible under Phase 1-A.

DHEC leaders fielded questions Monday on a teleconference regarding who’s included in Phase 1A, and who are not specifically teachers.

On Monday, AARP SC, along with representatives from several other organizations, urged DHEC to prioritize people 50 and older.

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.