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A man with gloves uses a device to remove litter from a creek after a storm.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Study is first to sample NC rivers, streams for microplastics

by Coastal Review Online August 5, 2023August 8, 2023

By Jennifer Allen Coastal Review Online A recent study estimates that 230 billion tiny pieces of plastic the thickness of a human hair and 670 million microplastics about than the size of a grain of sand flow into the Pamlico Sound from the Neuse River Basin each year. To reach that estimate, North Carolina State […]

Masked male dentist and masked female hygienist drill inside a patients mouth
Posted inFeatured

Taking dental care to the people in need

by Anne Blythe March 30, 2023March 29, 2023
A gray haired woman sits by a window and looks out. She could be in a nursing home, she looks forlorn.
Posted inAging

Lawsuit charging private-equity owned nursing home harmed residents crawls forward

by Thomas Goldsmith and Rachel Crumpler November 15, 2022November 15, 2022
Man in mask gives vaccine shot to woman in mask and white doctors coat
Posted inInfectious Disease

State, local officials see slowing demand extending vaccination campaign.

by Rose Hoban April 22, 2021May 5, 2021
a woman in fatigues wearing a mask inspects a syringe of COVID vaccine
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – March 25 — Vaccine eligibility open to anyone 16 and older on April 7; Healthier Together partnership

by Anne Blythe March 25, 2021October 26, 2022
shows a county map of north carolina with darker counties being places with higher rates of COVID-19. The darkest counties right now are all rural.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Oct. 21 – Paused in Phase 3; Counties asked to toughen COVID restrictions; Promising treatment underperforms; Veterans’ home outbreaks

by Anne Blythe October 21, 2020October 27, 2022

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