RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Wednesday that some Group 3 essential workers will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on Feb. 24. Cooper said the state needed to move gradually into the […]
Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched? Health officials say both doses should be of the same kind. The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out in the United States, the United Kingdom and other parts of the […]
How many variants of the coronavirus are there? There are many circulating around the world, but health experts are primarily concerned with the emergence of three. As a virus infects people, it can mutate as […]
Irritated by the sweeping use of executive orders during the COVID-19 crisis, state lawmakers around the U.S. are moving to curb the authority of governors and top health officials to impose emergency restrictions such as […]
RALEIGH — People across the state who had made appointments for COVID-19 vaccination shots found their appointments canceled after state health officials decided vaccines should be redistributed to “mass vaccination” sites. “The governor understands people’s […]
GENEVA — Four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in 2009, a U.N. report said Monday. The International […]
Merck is giving up on two potential COVID-19 vaccines following poor results in early-stage studies. The drugmaker said Monday that it will focus instead on studying two possible treatments for the virus that also have […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Richard Burr has been cleared in a months-long investigation into stock sales before the coronavirus pandemic took root in the U.S. A statement from his office said, “Tonight, the Department of […]
RALEIGH — State Rep. Brian Turner (D-Buncombe) and state Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick) announced separately on Tuesday they each have tested positive for COVID-19. “Today I joined the over 675,000 people in NC who have […]
WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the […]
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