Starting Aug. 2, the health care system will have vials of Pfizer doses inside each primary care physician’s office from Georgetown through the Grand Strand.
Federal funds could soon be headed to community health centers to help get more people vaccinated who live in underserved communities in South Carolina.
The drawing is part of the state’s “Bringing Summer Back” campaign, which was initiated to encourage North Carolina residents to get COVID-19 vaccination.
The South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control says they are working on guidance for returning to in-person learning after the CDC released theirs last week.
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.
Currently only about 48% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated. Some parts of the country have far lower immunization rates, and in those places the delta variant is surging.
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.
The nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says people in Mississippi may want to “go the extra mile” and wear a mask again as they venture out to some places, even if they are fully vaccinated.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a “very limited” number of COVID-19 vaccines that reportedly contained only saline.
The president’s visit will be to highlight the ease of getting vaccinated, encourage vaccinations, and mobilize grassroots vaccine education and outreach efforts.
Midnight on June 15 is the deadline for leaders and care team members who work at the Medical University of South Carolina to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Marlboro County School District is now offering $500 stipends to any employee signed through the 2021-2022 school year once they’ve shown proof of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Over the next three months of summer, four people will win a million dollars each for being North Carolinians who have gotten at least one vaccine in the state.
A woman who identified herself as a nurse practitioner student tried to defend an Ohio doctor’s unproven claim by proving she actually is magnetic after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
