Anne Blythe

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NC’s mad dash to stop coronavirus leads to tournament, concert cancellations

March 13, 2020 by Anne Blythe

NC’s mad dash to stop coronavirus leads to tournament, concert cancellations - North Carolina Health News

Shortage of COVID-19 testing supplies troubling NC leaders, so Gov. Roy Cooper is calling for cancellations of any gatherings of more than 100 people.

By Anne Blythe March Madness is a familiar phrase in North Carolina, typically thrown around as college basketball seasons come to a close and heated rivalries bring fandoms to fevered pitches. This year, COVID-19 and the upheaval the pandemic is wreaking in financial markets, sports arenas, mass gatherings, college campuses and more brings a whole […]

Cohen talks about COVID-19 to the General Assembly on the same day Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency.

After more COVID-19 cases reported, NC declares state of emergency

March 10, 2020 by Anne Blythe

After more COVID-19 cases reported, NC declares state of emergency - North Carolina Health News

As the novel coronavirus spreads, Gov. Roy Cooper urges people 65 and older to avoid large crowds. He also pressed the CDC for more materials to test more prospective patients.

By Anne Blythe Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency in North Carolina on Tuesday to respond to COVID-19, the novel coronavirus spreading around the world and across the country. The announcement came a week after North Carolina reported its first case of the novel virus and the day after public health officials reported […]

Test for coronavirus (COVID-19) in padded box. Aside from handwashing and social distancing, there aren't many specific measures for coronavirus.

Now that coronavirus is in NC, don’t panic, health officials say

March 5, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Now that coronavirus is in NC, don’t panic, health officials say - North Carolina Health News

Wake County health officials in contact with COVID-19 patient and tracing potential contacts.

By Anne Blythe and Sarah Ovaska Chris Kippes, director of the Wake County division of public health, spent more than 30 minutes on Wednesday trying to allay the anticipated public concern about North Carolina’s first case of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus spreading around the globe. Gov. Roy Cooper and state health officials informed the public […]

Gov Cooper speaks about NC's first case of coronavirus pneumonia

Coronavirus confirmed in North Carolina

March 3, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus confirmed in North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina reports its first COVID-19 case, health officials said on Tuesday. The person, who was in Washington, is in isolation at home in Wake County.

By Anne Blythe and Rose Hoban North Carolina has its first case of COVID-19, the new coronavirus that has spread around the globe since late last year, causing travel restrictions, quarantines, stock market plunges as well as public health scares and planning of epidemic proportions. State health officials reported on Tuesday afternoon that a person […]

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Duke, despite tobacco industry ties, says no to smoking on campus. Even e-cigs.

February 20, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Duke, despite tobacco industry ties, says no to smoking on campus. Even e-cigs. - North Carolina Health News

Vaping will be part of a new smoke-free policy on the Durham campus this summer.

By Anne Blythe Duke University, a college campus with deep roots in tobacco money, is set to go smoke-free this summer, but it’s more than tobacco products that will be banned. Administrators announced in an email to students earlier this month that e-cigarettes and vaping products will be included in the ban, too. The smoke […]

An image of the coronavirus, the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic, a virus that has many points protruding out of it. The virus has disproportionally affected African Americans. This is also used in stories about coronavirus in North Carolina

Coronavirus risk remains low in NC, but health officials plan for it just in case

February 14, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus risk remains low in NC, but health officials plan for it just in case - North Carolina Health News

State epidemiologist Zack Moore outlines the state’s coronavirus planning as illness spreads in China.

By Anne Blythe Even before news feeds were disseminating story after story on the coronavirus outbreak in China, North Carolina’s state epidemiologist and others dedicated to protecting the public’s health were in high gear. Zack Moore, the state epidemiologist and a physician who has been with the North Carolina Division of Public Health since 2006, […]

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Duke-UNC basketball rivalry has lessons for Medicaid transformation

February 12, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Duke-UNC basketball rivalry has lessons for Medicaid transformation - North Carolina Health News

NC lawmakers get a bit of locker room talk with their latest Medicaid transformation update.

By Anne Blythe Whether you believe that politics has become a blood sport or sports have become too political, it’s hard to dispute the long-standing comparisons between the two. So on Tuesday, when key North Carolina lawmakers came together to talk about the state Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to put an indefinite […]

Masked male dentist and masked female hygienist drill inside a patients mouth

This dentist and his teams come to their patients. Their focus is special needs populations.

February 11, 2020 by Anne Blythe

This dentist and his teams come to their patients. Their focus is special needs populations. - North Carolina Health News

Bill Milner of Access Dental Care has a mobile dentistry fleet for the elderly, HIV patients, people with autism and other special needs.

By Anne Blythe As Bill Milner pulled disposable green medical gloves onto his hands, the man in the dental chair beside him offered a preview of what the dentist was about to see inside his mouth. A front tooth was gone, and it just might have been lost to an altercation, the patient said. “Did […]

An African American mother and her baby bond together as an illustration of maternal health and maternal and child health.

Federal health officials ask how they can help NC improve maternal health. They get an earful.

January 29, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Federal health officials ask how they can help NC improve maternal health. They get an earful. - North Carolina Health News

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid, Medicare administrators came to Raleigh for guidance on North Carolina’s maternal health needs.

By Anne Blythe Health care administrators traveled from the nation’s capital to the state capital this week as part of a listening tour on how the federal government could help North Carolina address some of its thornier maternal health issues. They got plenty of feedback from the dozens of North Carolina caregivers, patients, administrators and […]

A dental professional like a dental hygienist or dentist puts a flashlight into someone's mouth. It's a proxy for dentists and oral health and oral cancer screenings because of HPV

NC dentists and dental hygienists have been in a long tug-of-war over practice limits. Hygienists just gained a bit of ground.

January 23, 2020 by Anne Blythe

NC dentists and dental hygienists have been in a long tug-of-war over practice limits. Hygienists just gained a bit of ground. - North Carolina Health News

New scope of practice rules mean dental hygienists will be freer to practice without dentists present. Dentists were OK with the changes.

By Anne Blythe Many of North Carolina’s school children in rural and low-wage areas who have never seen a dentist could have greater access to oral health care soon. On Jan. 16, the legislative rules review commission adopted a long-telegraphed change to scope of practice rules for North Carolina dental hygienists, an amendment that goes […]

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