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|December 15, 2020 at 5:18 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:22 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A pediatric registered nurse at Medical University of South Carolina became the first in the Lowcountry to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon. Shemika Champion, a pediatric registered nurse, was the first recipient and received her vaccination shortly after 12:45 p.m. “I’m really excited,” she said. “MUSC is like the most cutting-edge, innovative hospital in South Carolina and...

|December 15, 2020 at 5:18 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:22 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A pediatric registered nurse at Medical University of South Carolina became the first in the Lowcountry to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon. Shemika Champion, a pediatric registered nurse, was the first recipient and received her vaccination shortly after 12:45 p.m. “I’m really excited,” she said. “MUSC is like the most cutting-edge, innovative hospital in South Carolina and...

MUSC coronavirus vaccine trial participant encourages people to get vaccinated VIDEO: MUSC coronavirus vaccine trial participant encourages people to get vaccinated By Alexis Simmons | December 16, 2020 at 2:33 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 11:26 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - While the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is approved and is being administered, health care leaders say more vaccine approvals will help increase supply so more people can get vaccinated sooner. Vaccine trial participan...

By Nick Masuda nmasuda@postandcourier.com The vaccine rollout will take months, and it could be next spring before the free and voluntary two-dose treatment is available to all of South Carolina’s 5 million residents. State health officials are prioritizing hospital workers and nursing home residents with the first 200,000 vaccines they expect to receive by the end of the year. "Averting deaths" is the overarching goal for the first vaccines, Department of Health and Environmental Control ...

By Nick Masuda nmasuda@postandcourier.com The vaccine rollout will take months, and it could be next spring before the free and voluntary two-dose treatment is available to all of South Carolina’s 5 million residents. State health officials are prioritizing hospital workers and nursing home residents with the first 200,000 vaccines they expect to receive by the end of the year. "Averting deaths" is the overarching goal for the first vaccines, Department of Health and Environmental Control ...

MUSC nurse receives Lowcountry’s first COVID vaccine dose MUSC Pediatric registered nurse Shemika Champion became the first health care worker in the Lowcountry to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon. (Source: Live 5) By Summer Huechtker, Riley Bean, Patrick Phillips, and Alexis Simmons | December 15, 2020 at 5:18 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:22 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A pediatric registered nurse at Medical University of South Carolina became the ...

Date Time Share A light at end of tunnel?: First round of COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at MUSC The world is breathing a collective sigh of relief – albeit still from behind masks – that a coronavirus vaccine might finally bring things back to “normal.” With Pfizer, a multinational pharmaceutical behemoth, and Moderna, a small national biotechnology company, producing trials that showed well over 90% efficacy, emergency-use authorization has been granted for Pfizer and is expecte...