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Gov. Roy Cooper and members of the Coronavirus Task Force hold a live briefing to share the latest on COVID-19 cases and policies in the state.

Young people would need parental permission now before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina legislation approved unanimously Tuesday by the state Senate.

More North Carolinians came in for a COVID-19 vaccine last week than on any given week over the past two months, according to data state health officials released Tuesday.

North Carolina's vaccination rate ticked up last week, but millions of the state's residents are still not vaccinated. ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Dave DeWitt talks to Rose Hoban from North Carolina Health News about the doubts, the data and the Delta variant.

Republican state senators passed three new measures along party lines that aim to change North Carolina election law. Meanwhile in the state house, a long-awaited 47-page energy bill made a controversial debut, and municipalities around the state celebrate Juneteenth for the first time against the backdrop of ongoing conversations about how to teach history in public schools.

Live updates on the latest news about COVID-19, impacts the pandemic has had on North Carolina, and vaccines.

For the first time since COVID-19 vaccines became available in December 2020, North Carolina this week declined to accept any more supplies.

Hospitals are not overrun with COVID-19 patients like they were in the winter. But the virus is far from eradicated. That's encouraging some who were hesitant at first, to get the vaccine.

Live updates on the latest news about COVID-19, impacts the pandemic has had on North Carolina, and vaccines.

In the first nine weeks that the COVID-19 vaccine was distributed in North Carolina, people who identified as Hispanic accounted for just 2.5% of those vaccinated. That's despite the group representing 10% of the total population. Since February, those numbers have improved somewhat, in part because of partnerships that removed barriers to access.