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Shows a brick wall with the title, "North Carolina State Veterans Home" and brass plaques on the wall from each of the branches of the U.S. military
Posted inAging

Thirty-six veterans die of COVID-19 in NC state veterans nursing homes that a private company has run for 22 years

by Thomas Goldsmith July 30, 2020July 31, 2020
shows a woman who is demonstrating how to wear a mask for COVID prevention. A man behind her looks on.
Posted inPublic Health

Coronavirus Today – June 18 – Campaigning for the face mask; $3.3 million prison testing plan; Tar River floods

by Editor June 18, 2020April 14, 2021
Alicia Rodgers, a 50-year-old resident at Cherry Springs Village assisted living facility, beams for a photo taken at a socially-distanced strike team member. Rodgers contracted COVID-19 in the early days of the outbreak at the facility.
Posted inAging

As COVID-19 threatened western N.C., a new approach to fighting it in long-term care

by Thomas Goldsmith June 10, 2020June 15, 2020
Shows a large indoor arena fulled with people. If the RNC comes to Charlotte, this venue could be filled with about 19,000 Republicans, possibly putting them at risk for COVID.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – June 2 – GOP convention and NC demands; Cooper shares Bible story for Trump; COVID graph day

by Editor June 2, 2020April 14, 2021
A small storefront has become a Latino grocery store called Tienda Centro reads the sign. Siler City has one of the highest rates of COVID infection in North Carolina
Posted inHealth Inequities

Latinos, the coronavirus and a single ZIP code

by Greg Barnes May 29, 2020January 29, 2021
we look through a chain link fence into an industrial complex / poultry plantwhere multiple workers have tested positive for COVID-19
Posted inMinority Health

As COVID races through Mountaire Farms poultry plant, workers deemed vital feel dispensable

by Victoria Bouloubasis May 28, 2020May 29, 2020

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