By Anne Blythe As is the case with many physicians across North Carolina, Adrian Hernandez, vice dean for clinical research at Duke University’s medical school, is watching what’s happening globally during this COVID-19 pandemic and wondering how seismic the flood of cases will be here. “Sadly because we’ve seen our colleagues in Italy and New […]
By North Carolina Health News staff Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statewide stay-at-home order for North Carolinians on Friday as part of his continued effort to take an aggressive stance against the highly contagious coronavirus. In a news conference announcing the order that takes effect Monday at 5 p.m., Cooper said that North Carolina now […]
By Greg Barnes The N.C. Board of Pharmacy approved emergency rules Tuesday designed largely to restrict health care providers from writing prescriptions for themselves and family members for hydroxychloroquine and other drugs that some have said show some promise in the fight against COVID-19. In a statement, the pharmacy board said a number of health […]
Gov. Roy Cooper has stopped short of ordering North Carolinians to “shelter in place,” as other highly populated states have done in their battles to slow the fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic. Still, Cooper took a giant step on Monday toward forcing more residents to join the “stay at home movement” by announcing his plans to sign […]
