CDC: Vaccination rates among kindergarteners dropping
According to the agency, the rate of children vaccinated against common diseases like measles, whooping cough and chicken pox dropped below 94%.
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Prisma Health: Omicron variant ‘likely’ in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – It is highly likely that the new COVID variant is in South Carolina, this is according to an infectious disease physician at Prisma Health. As of now there is no known cases of the new strain in the country. Prisma Health Infectious Disease Physician Helmut Albrecht says the recent U.S. travel restrictions can delay the virus…
Children across Nation get first shots approved for ages 5 to 11
CNN–Nearly 28 million children in the U.S. are now eligible to roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 shot. Doctor Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, moved to allow children between 5 and 11 year old to get vaccinated. The shots will be one third of an adult dose but still a two shot…
Local leaders in Richland County offer incentive for COVID-19 Vaccine
Vacccine event: 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on October 30 at the Meeting Place Church.
Both lawmakers and pastors alike called for more people in Richland County to get vaccinated.
NEW: FDA panel endorses vaccines for children ages 5 to 11
WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. health advisers have endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for younger children. The vote Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration panel moves the U.S. closer to vaccinating children ages 5 to 11. The FDA isn’t bound by the panel’s recommendation and is expected to make its own decision within days. If regulators agree, shots…
FDA advisory panel set to meet on vaccine for children ages 5 to 11
ABC NEWS– An FDA advisory panel set to meet Tuesday to decide whether to recommend the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. Federal health officials say millions of kids in that age group could be vaccinated by the winter holidays. ABC’s Reena Roy has the latest. Categories: National News Tags: Vaccine
Midlands superintendents react to new court ruling on mask mandates in schools
“We want to have every tool at our disposal so we can make the decision locally on how to best forward as to how it pertains to our students and school district, “said Alvin Pressley, superintendent of Newberry County School District.
DHEC hosting Free COVID-19 vaccine clinics across SC
Health officials urging SC residents to get vaccinated
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–State Health officials are urging anyone who is eligible and has not gotten vaccinated, to get the COVID-19 shot. DHEC says the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and they reduce your risk of getting severely ill from COVID-19. DHEC has numerous mobile and vaccination sites across South Carolina. The vaccinations are free. To find a vaccine location…
DHEC hosting free vaccine clinics across SC
SC Health officials are urging anyone who is eligible and has not gotten vaccinated, to get the COVID-19 shot
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–State Health officials are urging anyone who is eligible and has not gotten vaccinated, to get the COVID-19 shot. DHEC says the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and they reduce your risk of getting severely ill from COVID-19. DHEC has numerous mobile and vaccination sites across South Carolina. The vaccinations are free. To find a vaccine location…
Town of Irmo mourns loss of police chaplain after long-fought battle with COVID-19
“Billy was just a magnificent person who touched a lot of people’s lives,” he said. “He’s going to be missed.”
