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A man in a black mask bends over to peer into the cab of a vehicle where a woman in a pink mask, worn against COVID, sits.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – March 11 – NC vaccines for smokers, adults with chronic health conditions; COVID relief; K-12 schools reopening

by Anne Blythe March 11, 2021October 26, 2022
A pharmacist in a white coat grabs an asthma inhaler
Posted inPrescription Drugs

The steep cost of breathing

by Liora Engel-Smith February 26, 2021February 26, 2021
Posted inInfectious Disease

Will NC collect data on LGBT people and COVID?

by Hannah Critchfield February 19, 2021February 19, 2021
a few inmates can be seen walking down a grassy prison yard through chain link fencing
Posted inPrison Health

Prisons contribute to racial imbalance in COVID-19 impact in NC

by Carolina Public Press February 15, 2021April 12, 2021
A physician in a white coat is putting a blood pressure cuff on a patient's arm.
Posted inRural Health

An old school doc in the new normal

by Liora Engel-Smith November 5, 2020January 27, 2021
We see Jayla, age 11, hugging her sister Bailey, age 5, before they were pepper sprayed at a voting rights rally on Oct. 31 in Graham, North Carolina.
Posted inChildren's Health

Pepper-sprayed on their way to the polls: What is pepper spray’s impact on children?

by Hannah Critchfield November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

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