South Carolina health officials are making a few thousands parents eligible for the coronavirus vaccine as they begin to finalize plans for the next phase of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the state.
On Monday, House Speaker Jay Lucas formed a committee under the House Legislative Oversight Committee to look at how state agencies, including the Department of Health and Environmental Control, are distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
While N.C. vaccine guidelines expanded to people 65 and up, there are some people in the high risk category who believe they should be moved up on the state's list.
Officials with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) gave an update on Friday, saying that they’re working with their partners to get large-scale vaccinations for those over 70 years old ramped up as quickly as possible.
South Carolina hospitals will be getting “significantly less” COVID-19 vaccines next week, according to officials with the South Carolina Hospital Association.
The CEOs of Prisma Health, Lexington Medical Center, MUSC, and Tidelands Health urged the board to eliminate barriers on who can be vaccinated, and when.
Pediatrician Dr. Deborah Greenhouse said it’s not just hospitals that are strained by this surge, the spike in cases is making her own practice busier than ever.
Williams stressed that while diversions become a possibility at these high occupancy rates, each hospital has its own, tailored surge plan and may not need to divert any patients at this time.
Gov. Henry McMaster is asking state health officials to provide the public with a complete account of the status and location of every COVID-19 vaccine dose that has been received and distributed in the state.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is addressing how it’s monitoring the new COVID-19 variant that was first discovered in the United Kingdom.
Wellmore of Lexington is one of the first facilities in the Midlands to begin vaccinations after CVS launched the vaccination program in South Carolina on Monday.
Currently, little data is available for how pregnant and lactating women will react to the approved Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, but health experts say the results they have collected are promising.
UPS delivered the vaccines to the hospital just before 10:30 Tuesday morning, and vaccinations started shortly after that in the employee vaccination clinic.
In a media call on Friday, senior officials with the Department of Health and Environmental Control gave an update on the vaccine roll-out in South Carolina.
One concerning rumor that has caught people’s attention online is that the COVID-19 vaccine can have an impact on fertility, pregnancy, and breastfeeding for women.