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Tag: Haywood County

A field scientist drags a cloth across the ground to gather ticks
Posted inChronic Disease

Ticks continue creeping southward in North Carolina

by Greg Barnes August 5, 2020August 6, 2020
Members of the Henderson County Rescue Squad enter the decontamination tent outside Cherry Springs Village, an assisted living facility. The squad assist staff remove PPE.
Posted inAging

WNC strike team fights back as long-term care residents contract COVID-19

by Hannah Critchfield June 11, 2020June 11, 2020
Rapper sings about COVID, he's standing behind a microphone, wearing a mask and gloves
Posted inPublic Health

Coronavirus Today – April 13 – Pressure mounts to ease restrictions, pandemic-related prison releases, volunteer health corps growing

by Editor April 13, 2020April 14, 2021
The Appalachian Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina may benefit from the ARC's recovery ecosystem model. The area has a quickly growing outbreak of COVID-19
Posted inInfectious Disease

COVID-19 in western NC: Just the tip of the iceberg

by Melba Newsome April 13, 2020April 14, 2020
A person in a sports cap holding a needle box to be packed away and delivered to needle exchange participants. Dunlap says they meth use never went away in Haywood County.
Posted inRural Health

Even as opioids ravage WNC, mountain folks say meth never went away

by Liora Engel-Smith December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
The Appalachian Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina may benefit from the ARC's recovery ecosystem model. The area has a quickly growing outbreak of COVID-19
Posted inRural Health

New dollars target opioid misuse, workforce revitalization in WNC

by Liora Engel-Smith September 11, 2019September 12, 2019

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