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Coronavirus Today – May 11 – Recovered from COVID; churches and outside worship; more SNAP

May 11, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – May 11 – Recovered from COVID; churches and outside worship; more SNAP - North Carolina Health News

Questions arise about who is recovered from COVID-19, who should get tested and the nuances of governor’s modified order for worship houses.

By North Carolina Health News staff Many recover from COVID-19, but defining who has is difficult Nearly 60 percent of the 15,045 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in North Carolina presumably have recovered from the virus, according to state health officials. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, […]

Families of disabled struggle with hospital visitor restrictions

May 6, 2020 by Sarah Ovaska

Families of disabled struggle with hospital visitor restrictions - North Carolina Health News

N.C. advocates say hospitals are shutting out caregivers of disabled, potentially violating of federal law.

By Sarah Ovaska Velvet Gammons rarely left the side of her disabled son Scottie, who had complex medical needs requiring around-the-clock care at their Mount Airy home. But when Scottie, 32, went into Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for treatment, staff at the Winston-Salem hospital told her that pandemic-related visitor restrictions meant she couldn’t be […]

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Coronavirus Today – April 30 – Mixed picture on NC metrics, Gaston confusion, legislative relief

April 30, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 30 – Mixed picture on NC metrics, Gaston confusion, legislative relief - North Carolina Health News

Even as the state considers reopening, today saw an uptick in cases and more people with COVID symptoms are showing up in emergency departments.

By North Carolina Health News Staff Uptick in COVID-19 symptoms in ER Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, pulled out her graphs and charts again to highlight the metrics her team is using to monitor when to begin easing social distancing restrictions. “The overall picture is mixed,” Cohen said. […]

NC Correctional Institution for Women entrance

Wonder what prison is like during COVID-19? These prisoners take us inside.

April 30, 2020 by Taylor Knopf

Wonder what prison is like during COVID-19? These prisoners take us inside. - North Carolina Health News

One woman was released early, but could not get tested in prison. Now she’s so sick with the virus that she’s been hospitalized.

By Taylor Knopf Nacola Williams was released early from North Carolina’s state prison system as part of an effort to reduce exposure to COVID-19 in a confined space where the contagious virus can spread quickly from inmate to inmate. Her age, 52, plus high blood pressure put Williams in the high-risk category for COVID-19 complications, […]

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Coronavirus Today – April 27 -Contact tracers needed, Atrium Health clinical trial, names of nursing homes with outbreaks released

April 27, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 27 -Contact tracers needed, Atrium Health clinical trial, names of nursing homes with outbreaks released - North Carolina Health News

NCDHHS announced a contact tracing task collaborative to support local health departments through the pandemic. Meanwhile, the state released the names of nursing homes with coronavirus outbreak.

By North Carolina Health News staff Help wanted: COVID contact tracers Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, has found a partner to help double the number of coronavirus contact tracers in North Carolina. The Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative was formed through a partnership with the state health department, Community […]

Raw chickens hang from wires at a poultry plant. Poultry companies are selling chicken for cheap amidst coroanvirus

Poultry companies selling chicken cheap out of the back of trucks

April 25, 2020 by Greg Barnes

Poultry companies selling chicken cheap out of the back of trucks - North Carolina Health News

Companies say the sales are a way to be good corporate citizens during the pandemic, but there are also other forces at play.

By Greg Barnes Maggie Hooks waited in a long line of vehicles that snaked from behind the Salemburg Fire Department to Main Street and far beyond. Hooks and hundreds of others — perhaps more people than this small Sampson County town has residents — were there to get chicken that the House of Raeford was […]

A dental professional like a dental hygienist or dentist puts a flashlight into someone's mouth. It's a proxy for dentists and oral health and oral cancer screenings because of HPV

Sex talks with the dentist?

April 23, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Sex talks with the dentist? - North Carolina Health News

As HPV-related oral cancer increase, the North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative launches an awareness campaign.

By Anne Blythe If Zachary Brian, head of the North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative, has his way your next visit to the dentist could also include a conversation about sex. April is Oral Cancer Awareness month. One of the two most distinct routes through which people get cancer in the mouth, on the base of […]

Sec. Mandy Cohen stands at a podium. Mike Sprayberry is in the background and he's blurry. They're talking at a coronavirus briefing.

Coronavirus Today – April 16 – Virtual health visits, a ‘reverse parade’, meat and toilet paper fly off the shelves

April 16, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 16 – Virtual health visits, a ‘reverse parade’, meat and toilet paper fly off the shelves - North Carolina Health News

NCDHHS aired a three-minute video to help people understand how they can access care while staying home. Meanwhile, NCDHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen advocated for using emergency funding to help Medicaid providers.

By North Carolina Health News staff Your doctor can see you virtually During the coronavirus pandemic, more health care workers have been consulting with patients online, offering diagnoses, suggesting at home treatments, and even taking some through physical therapy sessions using computers, phones, iPads and more. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health […]

A sign for the respiratory diagnostic clinic in UNC, which tests people for COVID-19..

At this COVID-19 testing center, you’re more than a lab number

April 11, 2020 by Anne Blythe

At this COVID-19 testing center, you’re more than a lab number - North Carolina Health News

UNC Health’s drive-through testing site doesn’t just stop with the tests.

By Anne Blythe Amir Barzin, the UNC Health physician at the helm of the Respiratory Diagnostic Center, says he and his team are seeing from 70 to 150 people a day coming in for drive-through COVID-19 testing at the Ambulatory Care Center site in Chapel Hill. In a half-hour Zoom video conference with reporters on […]

Rural hospitals that closed may reopen to deal with COVID-19, shown here.

Could shuttered rural hospitals reopen to treat pandemic?

April 5, 2020 by Daily Yonder

Could shuttered rural hospitals reopen to treat pandemic? - North Carolina Health News

Reopening closed rural hospitals could be faster and more efficient than building temporary hospitals, says a rural healthcare advocate. But the cancellation of normal hospital services is straining the financial resources of rural facilities even more.

Liz Carey The Daily Yonder Repurposing rural hospitals that have closed in recent years could serve as a safety valve for urban hospitals if they are overrun with coronavirus patients. An official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mentioned shuttered rural hospitals during a March 23 presentation on the rural healthcare response […]

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