Catherine Clabby, Senior Environmental Reporter

NC General Assembly building

Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health, State Health Policy

Surprise Legislative Session Includes Health, Environmental Measures

by Catherine Clabby December 15, 2016December 20, 2016

North Carolina is home to roughly 8.6 million farmed pigs, on hog farm such as this. Many of the pigs are kept in confined shelters, producing malodorous waste that can harm nearby residents. Photo courtesy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Health, Featured, Profiles, Public Health, Research News

Data-Driven Environmental Detective

by Catherine Clabby December 9, 2016January 9, 2017

Environmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

Coal Ash Families Get Word of Water Replacement Plan

by Catherine Clabby December 7, 2016July 14, 2017

Aedes aegypti most likely originated in Africa; since then, the mosquito has been transported globally throughout the world, through global trade and shipping activities. It's a very good transmitter of Zika virus, along with dengue and Chikungunya virus.

Environmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease, Public Health

UNC Researchers: Zika Hits Women Hardest

by Catherine Clabby December 1, 2016December 2, 2016

Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Donald van der Vaart. Official DEQ portrait.

Environmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

NC Environmental Chief to Trump: Rein In Obama’s EPA

by Catherine Clabby November 21, 2016

NIEHS' campus in Research Triangle Park.

The Hazard Hunters

by Catherine Clabby November 18, 2016June 12, 2024