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Tag: Cherokee County

A field scientist drags a cloth across the ground to gather ticks
Posted inChronic Disease

Ticks continue creeping southward in North Carolina

by Greg Barnes August 5, 2020August 6, 2020
red barn on a hillside, next to a field of grass. It's an analogy for rural health or the rural-urban divide.
Posted inRural Health

COVID-19 affected NC’s rural economies long before the first confirmed cases arrived there

by Liora Engel-Smith June 2, 2020June 1, 2020
shows a dramatic purple and white image of a woman's face with a red image of a fist over one eye
Posted inGender health

The Choice: Homeless or Housebound?

by Melba Newsome May 15, 2020January 29, 2021
long distance landscape photo of mountains receding into the distance.
Posted inRural Health

Can western NC counties escape the worst of the pandemic?

by Melba Newsome May 5, 2020January 29, 2021
The Appalachian Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina may benefit from the ARC's recovery ecosystem model. The area has a quickly growing outbreak of COVID-19
Posted inInfectious Disease

COVID-19 in western NC: Just the tip of the iceberg

by Melba Newsome April 13, 2020April 14, 2020
Map of North Carolina illustrating areas with high radon readings.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

N.C. gives away radon test kits

by Greg Barnes January 20, 2020January 20, 2020

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