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Posted inInfectious Disease

Waiting for a kidney during a pandemic

by Melba Newsome July 6, 2020January 29, 2021

By Melba Newsome This story is co-published by NC Health News, the Charlotte Post and the Charlotte Observer. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Traci Evans Simmons’ job as an assistant in a pediatric medical practice normally brings her into contact with many people every day, a fact that unnerved her when the […]

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