Drug executives: Big jump in vaccine supply is coming soon
COVID-19 vaccine makers tell Congress to expect a big jump in the delivery of doses over the coming month.
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House subcommittee discuses vaccinating teachers with Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman
Debate over whether teachers should be moved into phase 1A of COVID vaccine distribution continued in the Statehouse Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon, members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee met with State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman to discuss the process of vaccinating teachers.
DHEC: 718 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 21 additional deaths in SC
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the state’s latest coronavirus data as of Monday.
Prisma Health offering second vaccine doses at two Midlands locations this week
Prisma Health is allowing only second doses of the coronavirus vaccine at two locations this week. Gamecock Park will offer second doses only from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through Saturday. The Baptist Hospital on Sumter Street through Friday, from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Upstate woman becomes one of the oldest COVID-19 vaccine recipients in the country
One of the oldest coronavirus vaccine recipients in the world is right here in South Carolina.
Four months after her death, daughter thanks the nurse who spent those final moments with her mom
Columbia resident Vanessa Patterson passed away from COVID-19 in October. She was a mother, sister, grandmother, and friend. Now four months after her death, Patterson’s daughter wants to thank the nurse who spent those final moments with her mom.
Columbia VA, UofSC convert lab to COVID-19 testing center for students, employees and veterans
The Columbia VA Health Care System and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine are partnering for COVID-19 testing.
DHEC: 779 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, eight additional deaths in SC
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the state’s latest coronavirus numbers as of Sunday.
President Joe Biden to hold moment of silence in remembrance of COVID-19 victims
Monday night, President Joe Biden will hold a moment of silence, and light a candle as the COVID-19 death toll nears half a million.
U.S. COVID-19 death toll nears 500,000
AP: The U.S. stands at the brink of 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, America’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, calls the looming milestone horrible and historic. The running total of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, was about 498,000 on Sunday. That’s roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just…
