Vaccination Coverage

Initial backlash to vaccination requirement quickly faded, business owner says
News that UNC Health and Duke University Health System will soon require all of their physicians and staff to be vaccinated against coronavirus has created a backlash from many Triangle residents. But one Raleigh business owner who's enforced a similar mandate for weeks has no regrets.

Quarter of Duke Health's employees still not vaccinated
Major hospital systems across North Carolina, including Durham-based Duke University Health System and Chapel Hill-based UNC Health, announced Thursday that all staff and physicians must be vaccinated to continue working there.

Duke, UNC, other NC hospital systems requiring workers to be vaccinated
Major hospital systems across North Carolina, including Durham-based Duke University Health System and Chapel Hill-based UNC Health, announced Thursday that all staff and physicians must be vaccinated to continue working there.

Vaccine permission bill before Senate committee
The Senate Commerce and Industry committee approves legislation that would require parental permission before anyone 16 or younger could be given a coronavirus vaccination.

Full interview: Cooper discusses pandemic, masks, UNC governance
Gov. Roy Cooper talks about getting people vaccinated and preventing evictions during the pandemic, the potential for a new statewide mask mandate, the odds for sports gambling in North Carolina, his push to expand Medicaid and his desire to repair a "broken" governance structure for the UNC System.

Bill says NC youth would need parent OK for COVID-19 vaccine
North Carolina children would need parental permission before they could receive COVID-19 vaccines approved by federal regulators for emergency use in legislation that advanced through a Senate committee on Wednesday.

NC ending state mask mandate in schools, but officials urge masks remain in place for K-8 students, staff
The statewide mask mandate for North Carolina's schools will end next week, but officials said Wednesday that they would like to see masks remain in place at elementary and middle schools and for any unvaccinated high school students and staff.

Federal judge rules universities can mandate vaccines for students
Indiana University is at the center of the ruling.

Getting vaccinated won't stop virus but likely prevents severe case of COVID-19
So-called "breakthrough cases" of coronavirus in which fully vaccinated people become infected account for nearly a quarter of new cases reported in North Carolina since late May, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Vaccinated people still getting coronavirus in NC
Thousands of "breakthrough cases" of coronavirus, in which fully vaccinated people become infected, have been reported in North Carolina.

Raleigh mother warns of COVID contraction from unvaccinated children
Neither the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services nor the Centers for Disease Control are regularly currently publishing statistics on how many new cases, hospitalizations or deaths are in vaccinated or unvaccinated people, but WRAL News continues to ask if they will add this information on public dashboards.

New COVID-19 cases increasing amid vaccination lag
New COVID-19 cases are increasing in all 50 states as vaccination rates slow down.

Durham nursing facility achieves high vaccination rate for staff through education, easing fears
Despite initial hestitation from staff and residents, a Durham nursing facility was able to overcome and ease fears about the COVID-19 vaccine to get nearly everyone vaccinated.

Expert: Misinformation preventing Americans from getting vaccinated
One factor health experts and public officials say is preventing more Americans from getting vaccinated is the spread of misinformation.

Hugs OK again at NC prison visits
"Contact visits" were off limits for most of the pandemic.

Children could be getting vaccinated soon, officials say
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that children as young as 5 could be vaccinated against coronavirus sometime this winter. This announcement comes right before children across the country are headed back to school.

NC's virus numbers rising as state hands out more cash for vaccinations
A woman from suburban Charlotte has won $1 million in North Carolina's cash incentive program to encourage people to get vaccinated against coronavirus.

Charlotte-area woman, Greensboro teen latest winners in NC's vaccine lottery
A woman from suburban Charlotte has won $1 million in North Carolina's cash incentive program to encourage people to get vaccinated against coronavirus.

Full interview: White House press secretary on child tax credits, need for vaccinations
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki discusses the benefits of the federal child tax credits that started being distributed on Thursday, as well as the Biden administration's continued push to get people vaccinated against coronavirus.