COVID

Audit says billions in COVID funds remain unspent

November 28, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A state audit of COVID funds shows the money was accounted for and had been allocated, but the audit also revealed $2.95 billion — more than half — of those funds is still […]

North Carolina Supreme Court says bars’ COVID-19 lawsuits can proceed

August 25, 2025 Gary D. Robertson, NSJ 's A.P. Dillon contributing

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Supreme Court issued favorable rulings Friday for bars and their operators in litigation seeking monetary compensation from the state for COVID-19 restrictions first issued by then-Gov. Roy Cooper that shuttered […]

FDA scrutinizes Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

May 3, 2025 Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is also sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines. […]

NC Supreme Court rules in pair of COVID lawsuits

March 25, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled in a pair of COVID-era lawsuits involving UNC student fees and a teen vaccinated without parental consent. In a unanimous ruling the North Carolina Supreme Court found […]

NC Supreme Court sides with restaurants, bars in COVID-19 lawsuit

December 29, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in a COVID-19 insurance coverage dispute involving 15 bars and restaurants in the state. The court sided with North State Deli and 14 other businesses against Cincinnati Insurance […]

Case of teen vaccinated without permission appealed to NC Supreme Court

April 25, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A case involving a Guilford County teen who was vaccinated against their will and without parental permission may be heading to the N.C. Supreme Court based on an appeal filed on April 4. […]

NC Court of Appeals: Cooper violated state constitution with bar closures

April 25, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A recent opinion by the North Carolina Court of Appeals says Gov. Roy Cooper’s pandemic orders related to bar closures violated the state’s “equal protection” rights under Article I of the North Carolina […]

COVID emergency orders are among `greatest intrusions on civil liberties,’ Justice Gorsuch says

May 24, 2023 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court got rid of a pandemic-related immigration case with a single sentence. Justice Neil Gorsuch had a lot more to say, leveling harsh criticism of how governments, from small towns […]

Bills would bar hospitals from denying transplant surgery based on COVID vaccinations status

April 12, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Identical bills filed in both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly would bar hospitals from denying transplant surgeries based on COVID-19 vaccination status. House Bill 586 and Senate Bill 644 were filed […]

Senate committee releases interim report on origins of COVID-19

November 2, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH —The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Minority oversight staff has released an interim report on the origins of COVID-19. The 35-page report, titled “An Analysis of the Origins of the […]