Public health workers in South Carolina have been tasked with keeping the state safe for 143 years, ever since a health board was created following a yellow fever outbreak in 1878. Now, as the coronavirus pandemic surges, legislators are trying to break their agency apart.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the state's latest coronavirus numbers as of Sunday.
The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to the coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
The resolution making teachers eligible for the coronavirus vaccine is heading to the House. Last week, the South Carolina Senate voted unanimously for it.
A Senate Committee will consider this week whether to restore a small annual raise for most teachers delayed because of budget uncertainties due to COVID-19.
HealthCare.gov's market for subsidized health plans reopens Monday for a special three-month sign-up to get coverage like Obamacare.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina economists have decided to make no changes to 3-month-old revenue estimates because COVID-19 is still causing so much uncertainty in the economy. The state Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office said Friday that revenues in…
LORIS, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a driver shot and killed another driver after a road rage incident at a South Carolina gas station. Loris Police said the shooting happened Thursday afternoon after one driver came out of his pickup…
If love isn't exactly in the air for you this Valentine's Day, here's a unique gift that could maybe offer up some revenge. The Greenville Zoo is letting people name a cockroach after someone you'd rather forget!
With the South Carolina Senate voting to move teachers and school staff to phase 1A of vaccination distribution, the Department of Education is making plans if that measure become law.
South Carolina continues to be among the nation's leaders in distributing the vaccine.
According to the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, a St. Matthews woman and a Charleston woman have been arrested and accused of committing financial identity fraud in order to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
With Valentine's Day coming up this weekend, U.S. Attorney Peter M. McCoy Jr. put out a warning for South Carolinians to be aware of online romance scams.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the state's latest coronavirus numbers as of Thursday.
(CNN) -- One random act of kindness, leads to another. And as the saying goes, "what goes around, comes back around." A Publix cashier paid for a womans' groceries. A woman he had never…
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid criticism it accelerated outbreaks, according to new…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- Monday February 15th, the Veterans Affairs along with the University of South Carolina plan to hold vaccination event for veterans. This is a one day event that will take place…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- The American Red Cross is hoping you can take a little time out to roll up your sleeves and give the gift of life. The organization says the…
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control held a board meeting Thursday morning and discussed current vaccine supply issues, as well as concerns that not enough people will get the vaccine even when it becomes available.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the state's latest coronavirus data as of Wednesday.
