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shows a grouping of hot dog shaped bacteria, each with a single hairlike appendage, called a flagellum. It's a picture of vibrio vulnificus
Posted inInfectious Disease

Vibrio survivor, wife warn of bacteria’s risks

by Coastal Review Online September 6, 2019September 4, 2019

By Trista Talton Coastal Review Online Fifteen minutes. That’s roughly the amount of time Richard Flaherty spent in 2 to 3 inches of flood waters helping a neighbor in Oriental the day after Hurricane Florence made landfall last year. Twenty-four hours later, Flaherty’s left leg had been amputated above the knee. His odds of survival […]

This 2006 photograph showed a nurse in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination to an adolescent girl whose sister, mother, and grandmother watched from the background.
Posted inChildren's Health

No shots, no service: Pediatricians take tough stands while vaccination rates for young children in N.C. drop

by Sarah Ovaska May 7, 2019November 13, 2019
This 2006 photograph showed a nurse in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination to an adolescent girl whose sister, mother, and grandmother watched from the background.
Posted inChildren's Health

State Officials Push Vaccination Awareness as School Year Approaches

by Jared Weber August 8, 2018August 7, 2018
Posted inChildren's Health, Infectious Disease, NC Health Briefs, Public Health

Bill Would Require Health Assessments for All New N.C. Public School Kids

by Editor August 18, 2015August 18, 2015

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