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Tag: COVID testing

Young white boy looks at a counter full of medicines to treat congestion, fever and other symptoms
Posted inChildren's Health

Congestion, fever and vomit… oh my! Other viruses are back.

by Taylor Knopf March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

By Taylor Knopf As indoor mask mandates drop in some of North Carolina’s most populous counties and schools, other non-COVID viruses are likely to start cropping up.  We saw a similar trend in the summer of 2021. The U.S. saw a national spike in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as people got vaccinated and COVID restrictions […]

we see the back of a man's head and his hands are holding the box for a QuickVue Home COVID test
Posted inInfectious Disease

More states to provide free home COVID test kits

by Pew Trusts December 27, 2021December 26, 2021
A screenshot of the press conference shows a chart showing the downward trends of COVID-19 cases in NC. Smaller screens with Mandy Cohen and a sign language interpreter take up the left third of the screen.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Nov 30: What is and isn’t known about Omicron variant

by Anne Blythe November 30, 2021December 1, 2021
Muhammad Siddiqui sitting in a garden with lot of colorful flowers to the left of him.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Their father survived 9/11, but could not beat COVID

by Mariama Jallow October 13, 2021April 1, 2022

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