Coronavirus

Rowan health director says COVID-19 deaths preventable as county sees No. 315

SALISBURY — People are continuing to die potentially preventable deaths from COVID-19, says Rowan County Health Director Alyssa ...

Coronavirus

Rowan County sees COVID-19 cases coming more quickly, remains in middle tier for community spread

SALISBURY — With a vaccination rate of 41.6% for those 12 and older, Rowan County’s daily COVID-19 positives ...

Sports

Positive COVID test knocks DeChambeau out of Olympics

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau tested positive for COVID-19 before leaving ...

News

Major NC hospitals to order staff to get vaccine

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Healthcare Association announced on Thursday ...

Coronavirus

Novant doctor encourages vaccinations, says average hospitalization age now 47

SALISBURY — Everyone will eventually have antibodies to COVID-19, but it’s much safer to receive them through a ...

News

County records 314th COVID-19 death

SALISBURY — Rowan County on Thursday recorded its 314th death from COVID-19, according to N.C. Department of Health ...

Nation/World

Virus cases test Olympic organizers’ assurances

TOKYO (AP) — Two South African soccer players became the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test ...

Nation/World

‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ a worrying reality

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after celebrating America’s near “independence” from the coronavirus, ...

Coronavirus

COVID-19 cases coming more frequently in Rowan County, North Carolina

SALISBURY — COVID-19 cases continued a slow rise this week, with local numbers hovering consistently in double digits ...

News

Pineville woman gets $1 million in vaccine lottery

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina health officials on Thursday unveiled the state’s ...

Nation/World

Surgeon general works to end COVID misinformation

By David Klepper Associated Press U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to ...

Coronavirus

Pfizer to discuss vaccine booster with US officials Monday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the ...

Coronavirus

COVID-19 cases back on the rise in Rowan County

SALISBURY — Local health officials on Thursday issued a warning about an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in ...

Coronavirus

Two new COVID-19 deaths reported in Rowan

SALISBURY — State data updated Tuesday show two new COVID-19 deaths among Rowan County residents. To date, 313 ...

Ask Us

Ask Us: Is the Delta variant being tracked locally?

Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to ...

State News

Wolfpack coach on vaccine: ‘Players can make own decisions’

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — North Carolina State coach Elliott Avent was happy ...

News

Biden makes stop in Raleigh for vaccination event

Associated Press RALEIGH — A song heard at every Donald Trump campaign rally blared at least twice at ...

Coronavirus

New COVID-19 positives in Rowan at lowest point since start of pandemic

SALISBURY — New COVID-19 cases in Rowan County are occurring at roughly the same rate now as at ...

News

Health officials say financial incentives helped vaccination rates; lottery drawing today

SALISBURY — On the eve of the first COVID-19 vaccination lottery drawing, local and state health officials said ...

Nation/World

US reaches 300 million vaccine shots in 150 days

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden took a cautious victory lap Friday in ...

Coronavirus

County, state officials work to increase vaccinations as concern over Delta variant grows

SALISBURY — As COVID-19 cases continue a downward trajectory in Rowan County, vaccination rates are still lagging behind. ...

Coronavirus

As COVID-19 cases wane, vaccine-lagging areas still at risk

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — New COVID-19 cases are declining across most of the country, even in some states ...

Nation/World

Vaccine surplus grows as expiration dates loom

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press In Tennessee and North Carolina, demand for the COVID-19 vaccine ...

Nation/World

Wealthiest nations expected to pledge 1B vaccine doses for world

By ZEKE MILLER, AAMER MADHANI and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press ST. IVES, England (AP) — The Group of ...

Coronavirus

Salisbury Police officer dies after contracting COVID-19

SALISBURY — Rowan County recorded its fifth COVID-19 death in two weeks early Thursday. Sgt. Shane Karriker of ...

Nation/World

US to share more vaccine supplies through COVAX program

By Zeke Miller Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will swiftly donate an ...

News

YMCA, New Sarum Brewing will host vaccination sites offering cash cards

SALISBURY — In an effort to entice unvaccinated people to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, ...

News

Mass COVID-19 vaccine site in Greensboro shuts down

GREENSBORO (AP) — A federally supported mass vaccination center operated from a Greensboro shopping mall closed this week, ...

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