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Citizens must have an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the Health Department. Do not come to the Health Department if you do not have an appointment. Drive up and walk up requests will not be allowed due to the limited…Read More »
Health experts alarmed that large numbers of long-term care staff are turning down COVID-19 vaccinations. by Kate Martin January 12, 2021 CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS A needle is filled with vaccine ahead of a shot. Courtesy of NIH As coronavirus infections reach new statewide highs…Read More »
By Lynn Bonner NC POLICY WATCH – 1/13/2021 North Carolina, which remains one of the slowest states in vaccinating people for COVID-19, is facing new federal recommendations on who should be among the first to get shots. Questions about stumbling vaccine distribution consumed Raleigh on Tuesday: Two legislative health oversight committees spent more than two hours talking…Read More »
01-12-21 COVID Update: Total Positive Cases: 5,275 (+46) Total Deaths: 137 (+0) Percent Positivity Rate for the past 14 days: 20.9% The State Dashboard is located at: https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard There will also be free drive thru COVID-19 testing on Wednesday (Jan. 13) from 1:00-3:00…Read More »
Disease experts warn that vaccinating prisoners and prison staff would make sense if the government really wants to halt the spread of COVID-19. by Jordan Wilkie January 11, 2021 Neuse Correctional Institution located in Goldsboro. Melissa Sue Gerrits / Carolina Public Press The N.C.…Read More »
In inaugural address, Gov. Roy Cooper looks to North Carolina emerging stronger after the pandemic By Lynn Bonner, NC POLICY WATCH) Gov. Roy Cooper started his second term Saturday facing the challenges of a pandemic that is killing dozens of North Carolina residents each day,…Read More »
By Clayton Henkel, NC POLICY WATCH NC records 20,000+ COVID cases in two days While many North Carolinians have been transfixed this week by the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, state Health Secretary Mandy Cohen sought Friday to refocus the public…Read More »
by NC Watchdog Reporting Network May 1, 2020 State Epidemiologists Zack Moore warned Monday that the coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina is still accelerating. Moore is seen here at a 2016 event. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human…Read More »
State provides free rapid tests for in-person instruction at 17 school districts and 11 charter schools. by Jennifer Bringle January 4, 2021 A staff member greets students at Lincoln Charter School as they returned to campus in October 2020. The school is one of…Read More »
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced beginning January 4th, 2021, households can apply for the Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) and the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) online at www.epass.nc.gov. This helps make it easy and convenient to…Read More »