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Coronavirus Today – Feb. 18 – Adverse weather delays COVID vaccines; Governor has issues with school bill; High school game crowd size

February 18, 2021 by Anne Blythe Leave a Comment

Coronavirus Today – Feb. 18 – Adverse weather delays COVID vaccines; Governor has issues with school bill; High school game crowd size - North Carolina Health News

As North Carolina’s COVID-19 trends and metrics improve, Gov. Roy Cooper gives hints about the next executive order.

By Anne Blythe The severe weather that has left record snowfalls across the country and iced-up roads in North Carolina dumped yet another challenge on states weary from battling COVID-19 for nearly a year. Poor road conditions have led to delays in the vaccine shipments that have offered glimmers of hope for North Carolinians 65 […]

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Project ECHO resounds throughout WNC

January 29, 2021 by Melba Newsome

Project ECHO resounds throughout WNC - North Carolina Health News

Long-term care facilities use a “guided practice” model to mitigate the coronavirus.

By Melba Newsome Each Monday at noon, Janice Somers closes her office door at Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation and puts her phone on Do Not Disturb. For the next 90 minutes, the nurse administrator and four team members join hundreds of employees from over a hundred North and South Carolina facilities for the Nursing […]

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Coronavirus Today – Jan. 26 Clearing vaccine backlog; Clash with providers, distribution tweaks; Find your vaccine group

January 26, 2021 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus Today – Jan. 26 Clearing vaccine backlog; Clash with providers, distribution tweaks; Find your vaccine group - North Carolina Health News

After facing criticism for slow vaccine administration, North Carolina clears backlog and tweaks its distribution process.

By Anne Blythe The push to get large numbers of COVID-19 vaccines administered in North Carolina to signal to federal authorities that the state can and will deplete its allotted weekly doses created friction with health care providers over the weekend and led to another distribution plan tweak. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department […]

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Providers, health directors push back on complaints of slow vaccine rollout

January 15, 2021 by Rose Hoban

Providers, health directors push back on complaints of slow vaccine rollout - North Carolina Health News

Some local health officials say vaccine administration would have started faster if there had been more certainty and funding for their efforts.

By Rose Hoban It’s hard to tell that the mass vaccination clinic set up by UNC Health was only a few days old. There was no crush of patients at the door. Instead, a steady stream of gray-haired people, some on canes, walkers or in wheelchairs, arrived at the Friday Center on the campus of […]

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NC hospitals near capacity as coronavirus hammers the state

January 8, 2021 by Liora Engel-Smith

NC hospitals near capacity as coronavirus hammers the state - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina’s coronavirus cases have ballooned in recent weeks and medical facilities are quickly filling up.

By Liora Engel-Smith North Carolina’s hospitals are quickly filling up with patients stricken by the coronavirus, even as health systems in some of the hardest-hit regions — the Triad and greater Charlotte area — take steps to make room for a wave of new patients. The looming crisis is fueled by lack of clinical staff, […]

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Vaccine rollout starts out bumpy, expected to ramp up across the state

January 7, 2021 by Anne Blythe

Vaccine rollout starts out bumpy, expected to ramp up across the state - North Carolina Health News

As North Carolina begins to vaccinate residents 75 and older, they want to know how and where to get their shot.

By Anne Blythe Not long after North Carolina’s vaccine distribution plan was updated last week, the questions flooded in. “Where can I sign up to get my COVID-19 vaccine shot? I am 85 years old.” “I am 91, my wife is 83. Where and when do we get our COVID-19 vaccine shots? “How do I […]

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Coronavirus Today – Dec. 30 Which COVID-19 vaccine phase are you in?; If you’re 75 and older, a shot might be available in January; Eviction moratorium extended

December 30, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus Today – Dec. 30 Which COVID-19 vaccine phase are you in?; If you’re 75 and older, a shot might be available in January; Eviction moratorium extended - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina adds more details to the COVID-19 equitable vaccine distribution plan, cautions against violating prioritizations.

By Anne Blythe Now that the first doses of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in North Carolina and immunizations have started, the state distribution plan has been updated to better ensure that favoritism and financial means play no part in who gets the doses. Five days before Christmas, the Centers for Disease Control […]

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A look back at 2020’s biggest story: The COVID-19 pandemic

December 30, 2020 by Editor

A look back at 2020’s biggest story: The COVID-19 pandemic - North Carolina Health News

NC Health News staffers have published more than 350 stories about COVID in 2020. We take a look at the many ways, large and small, that COVID has affected North Carolina and its population and pull out some of the larger themes we saw emerge.

By North Carolina Health News staff COVID’s ascent in rural areas sheds light on longstanding disparities The pandemic may have begun in cities and population centers, but as the months wore on, it took hold in rural areas across the state in various ways. The first shockwaves of the pandemic in rural North Carolina began […]

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Nonprofit Mission made lots of profits. Especially for bosses.

December 13, 2020 by Asheville Watchdog

Nonprofit Mission made lots of profits. Especially for bosses. - North Carolina Health News

Pay for top executives rose faster than for doctors, nurses.

By Peter H. Lewis and Barbara Durr Asheville Watchdog For a hospital system organized as a not-for-profit charity, Mission Health made a lot of profits. The money left over after Asheville-based Mission subtracted its expenses from its revenue — what would be called profit at a for-profit hospital — grew year after year, right up […]

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North Carolina’s post-election challenge: separating the pandemic from politics.

December 7, 2020 by Rose Hoban

North Carolina’s post-election challenge: separating the pandemic from politics. - North Carolina Health News

Governor Cooper would like more people to wear masks, but cooperation remains elusive. What will it take to change people’s minds?

By Rose Hoban In the days after this fall’s election, Gov. Roy Cooper said he hoped to “depoliticize” the wearing of masks and other public health measures designed to reduce transmission of the coronavirus. “I think it’s going to be a natural occurrence, now that the election is over,” said Cooper at a press briefing […]

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