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Jail suicides are on the rise in North Carolina

ICE transfers — and NC jail partnerships — have continued amid the pandemic

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ICE transfers — and NC jail partnerships — have continued amid the pandemic - North Carolina Health News

Advocates worry it will increase North Carolina immigrants' risk of contracting COVID-19.

By Hannah Critchfield The call came after a period of relative silence. “ICE is at my door,” the man told Stefania Arteaga, immigrants’ rights organizer at the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. “They’ve been to six other houses in my neighborhood already,” the man said. On that day in May, Arteaga was volunteering […]

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Coronavirus Today – July 23 – Follow the three Ws, say Mexican and Guatemalan consulate leaders; Plug for Medicaid expansion; ‘Not yet turned a corner’

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Coronavirus Today – July 23 – Follow the three Ws, say Mexican and Guatemalan consulate leaders; Plug for Medicaid expansion; ‘Not yet turned a corner’ - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina is on steadier ground than many Southern states in its fight against COVID-19, but cases continue to rise especially in Latino communities.

By Anne Blythe North Carolina’s governor, top public health officials and high-ranking leaders from the Mexican and Guatemalan consulates sent an urgent message to Latinx and Hispanic residents on Thursday. COVID-19 is spreading swiftly and disproportionately among their communities, and the best way to fight the virus and keep their communities strong and healthy is […]

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Coronavirus Today – June 12 – Troubling trends, pleas to public to help reverse them; Ace Speedway tells fans no races; UNC physicians on reopening, testing

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Coronavirus Today – June 12 – Troubling trends, pleas to public to help reverse them; Ace Speedway tells fans no races; UNC physicians on reopening, testing - North Carolina Health News

Governor, secretary of health urge North Carolinians to help reverse troubling trends.

By North Carolina Health News staff ‘These trends don’t mean that our fate is sealed’ As North Carolinians get out and about more, they’re mingling more with the coronavirus that’s been creating worldwide havoc, raising concern among public health officials and physicians at major health care centers. They might have been staying at home through […]

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Coronavirus Today – June 10 – Heightened worries about eight NC counties

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Coronavirus Today – June 10 – Heightened worries about eight NC counties - North Carolina Health News

Mandy Cohen rings a warning bell on testing, case and hospitalization increases.

By Anne Blythe Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, sounded an alarm on Wednesday, cautioning North Carolinians that COVID-19 metrics are trending the wrong way. On Wednesday, the state reported 1,011 new laboratory-confirmed cases, among the higher day-over-day increases reported during the pandemic. During the past week, the number […]

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Coronavirus Today – June 9 – Action against Alamance speedway; contact tracing after the races; Governor to get tested

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Coronavirus Today – June 9 – Action against Alamance speedway; contact tracing after the races; Governor to get tested - North Carolina Health News

State takes action against Ace Speedway, saying the races and crowds put the public at ‘imminent risk.’

Alamance speedway ordered to close The Alamance County speedway that has held at least three races in defiance of Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order limiting crowd sizes during the coronavirus pandemic challenged the state to take action against it. Now the state has. On Tuesday, the state Department of Health and Human Services issued an […]

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Coronavirus Today – June 8 – Dr. Birx calls NC; follow the three Ws for the school kids; protesters should get tested

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Coronavirus Today – June 8 – Dr. Birx calls NC; follow the three Ws for the school kids; protesters should get tested - North Carolina Health News

As pressure mounts for Gov. Roy Cooper to open bars and gyms amid spiking COVID numbers, the focus shifts to slowing the spread so schools can reopen in August.

By North Carolina Health News staff White House call and a sharper message North Carolina is seeing such a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases and a troubling increase in the number of people hospitalized with severe illness from the virus that Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, called state health officials […]

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Coronavirus Today – June 2 – GOP convention and NC demands; Cooper shares Bible story for Trump; COVID graph day

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Coronavirus Today – June 2 – GOP convention and NC demands; Cooper shares Bible story for Trump; COVID graph day - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Roy Cooper and President Donald Trump have different ideas for staging a GOP National Convention in Charlotte.

By North Carolina Health News staff Cooper, Trump and the RNC Convention Gov. Roy Cooper was on the phone with President Donald Trump on Friday evening, having a back and forth about the president’s demands for a no-holds-barred Republican National Convention in Charlotte this summer, despite COVID-19. North Carolina public health officials report they’ve been […]

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Coronavirus Today – June 1 – Remembering George Floyd; focus on communities of color; protests and face coverings

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Coronavirus Today – June 1 – Remembering George Floyd; focus on communities of color; protests and face coverings - North Carolina Health News

As North Carolinians fight for justice for George Floyd, health officials work to reverse long-standing systemic health inequities.

By North Carolina Health News staff George Floyd tragedy breathes new energy into addressing health disparities Many already were on edge across North Carolina due to the coronavirus pandemic that has caused at least 898 deaths, sickened more than 29,000 people, closed businesses, killed jobs and forced people to change everyday routines. Then came the […]

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Coronavirus Today – May 28 – Bars, senators and Cooper; COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase; NC poet laureate joins information campaign

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Coronavirus Today – May 28 – Bars, senators and Cooper; COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase; NC poet laureate joins information campaign - North Carolina Health News

As NC bar owners cry foul, lawmakers look to weaken the governor’s executive order.

By North Carolina Health News staff Senate wants to open bars outdoors as hospitalizations rise The state Senate approved a proposal that would allow bars to open in outdoor spaces at half their capacity or for no more than 100 people despite the governor’s safer-at-home order prohibiting such action due to concerns of spreading coronavirus. […]

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Coronavirus Today – May 26 – Cooper, Trump, GOP convention; Alamance speedway defiance; Hang on Mandy, Mandy hang on

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Coronavirus Today – May 26 – Cooper, Trump, GOP convention; Alamance speedway defiance; Hang on Mandy, Mandy hang on - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Roy Cooper announces the creation of the North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office.

Trump tweets, NC awaits GOP Convention plans Gov. Roy Cooper and his public health team are awaiting information from the Republican National Committee for how the political organization would stage its convention in August amid the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump called out Cooper in a series of tweets on Monday, threatening to move the […]

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