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.
Booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine are now recommended for everyone 18 and older after the CDC signed off on the booster eligibility expansion late last week.
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.
As the holiday season approaches, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is encouraging South Carolinians to take precautions against COVID-19 before and as they celebrate, citing spikes in cases following previous holidays throughout the pandemic.
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.
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.
Students ages five to eleven at District 23 schools will be able to receive their first shot of the Pfizer vaccine at E.B. Ellington Elementary School today. Shots will be given out from 4 p.m. -7 p.m.
Employees at Trident Health will have to get the coronavirus vaccine. The CEO says it’s because it’s a condition to participate in the federal Medicaid program.
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.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says 16 hospital systems received allocations of Pfizer’s pediatric vaccine last week.
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.
Thursday was the first day that MUSC began administering Pfizer vaccines for kids ages 5-11 at three area clinics, and more are expected to open up in the coming days.
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 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.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said 1059 new COVID-19 cases were detected in the latest batch of tests released Friday.
A federal judge denied a request to impose a temporary injunction to stop COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the cities of Charleston and North Charleston, in Charleston County and the St. Johns Fire District.
South Carolina’s assistant state epidemiologist began the weekly COVID-19 briefing with questions about the recent death of retired Gen. Colin Powell, who died of COVID-19 complications despite being fully vaccinated.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said 823 new COVID-19 cases were detected in the latest batch of tests released Wednesday.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says there were 1,333 new cases of COVID-19 in the state in Friday’s report, the second-highest total reported since Sunday’s 1,420.
