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Duke study finds high PFAS levels in Pittsboro residents’ blood

October 29, 2020 by Greg Barnes

Duke study finds high PFAS levels in Pittsboro residents’ blood - North Carolina Health News

The study says about 1 million people may be drinking water that contains PFAS contamination that originates in the Haw River and flows downstream into the Cape Fear River.

By Greg Barnes A new Duke University study has found that the concentrations of some potentially cancerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — or PFAS — are two to four times higher in the blood of Pittsboro residents than the U.S. population as a whole. The study also found that some types of PFAS chemicals found […]

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Should kids trick-or-treat in 2020? How to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

October 22, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Should kids trick-or-treat in 2020? How to celebrate the Day of the Dead. - North Carolina Health News

Duke physicians weigh in on celebrating Halloween and Dia de los Muertos as COVID-19 surges.

By Anne Blythe Halloween is on the horizon and many families are wrestling with the idea of letting their kids deck themselves out in costumes and go trick-or-treating. Pandemic fatigue has set in at many households, making many nostalgic for the days when the little kids could parade around as little Elsas, fearless Spidermen, witches, […]

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Coronavirus Today – June 30 – COVID testing in NC nursing homes; former FDA commissioner on masks and path forward; Norway study on gyms

June 30, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – June 30 – COVID testing in NC nursing homes; former FDA commissioner on masks and path forward; Norway study on gyms - North Carolina Health News

As North Carolina pushes to expand testing, the state health secretary sounds the alarm about supply shortages on the horizon.

By North Carolina Health News Staff Testing of all nursing home residents, staff as supply shortages loom again North Carolina’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19 and accounted for almost half the deaths in the state. On Tuesday, Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and […]

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Duke-UNC basketball rivalry has lessons for Medicaid transformation

February 12, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Duke-UNC basketball rivalry has lessons for Medicaid transformation - North Carolina Health News

NC lawmakers get a bit of locker room talk with their latest Medicaid transformation update.

By Anne Blythe Whether you believe that politics has become a blood sport or sports have become too political, it’s hard to dispute the long-standing comparisons between the two. So on Tuesday, when key North Carolina lawmakers came together to talk about the state Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to put an indefinite […]

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