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Shows the windowed wall of an ICU room containing a COVID patient. You can only see the patient's feet.

‘Breakthrough finding’ points to why certain COVID patients die

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‘Breakthrough finding’ points to why certain COVID patients die - North Carolina Health News

Information from new studies point to the role of interferons, substances made by our bodies that play a key role in the immune response to disease.

By Liz Szabo Kaiser Health News Dr. Megan Ranney has learned a lot about COVID-19 since she began treating patients with the disease in the emergency department in February. But there’s one question she still can’t answer: What makes some patients so much sicker than others? Advancing age and underlying medical problems explain only part […]

The view through an electron microscope shows the spikes that create the ‘corona’ effect on the virus wall.

What we know about MIS-C, a rare but dangerous illness striking children weeks after they get COVID-19

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What we know about MIS-C, a rare but dangerous illness striking children weeks after they get COVID-19 - North Carolina Health News

Several hundred children across the U.S. have ended up in intensive care units after acquiring COVID-19 and developing multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

By Ritu Banerjee The Conversation While most children who get COVID-19 develop little more than a mild illness, several hundred have ended up in hospital intensive care units with alarming symptoms that begin appearing weeks after the initial infection. This new condition progresses rapidly and can strike multiple organs and systems, including the heart, lungs, […]

shows low level satellite photo of a dam feeding into a river, surrounded by trees, GenX

New Data Could Change Health Goal for River Contaminant

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New Data Could Change Health Goal for River Contaminant - North Carolina Health News

A preliminary assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds a GenX recommended reference dose that could be even lower than expected.

By Vaughn Hagerty North Carolina’s health goal for GenX in drinking water would drop by one-fifth if state regulators choose to use preliminary data on the compound’s toxicity from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That newly published data, a reference dose representing a maximum level of daily oral exposure considered unlikely to affect a person’s […]

Anti-vaccine advocates Lisa Jillani (r) and Michael Horwin (l), who both said they both believed parents had the right to choose vaccines for their children, came to the General Assembly to protest on Tuesday.

Vaccine Exemption Bill Draws Objections

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Vaccine Exemption Bill Draws Objections - North Carolina Health News

By Rose Hoban In the wake of legislators filing a new bill that would all but remove religious exemptions from childhood vaccinations for schoolchildren, several dozen opponents of vaccine mandates descended on Jones Street Tuesday to protest the measure. Standing in front of the General Assembly Tuesday morning with a sign reading “Stop Medical Terrorism,” […]

Advocates Push for Medicaid Breastfeeding Support Coverage

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Advocates Push for Medicaid Breastfeeding Support Coverage - North Carolina Health News

The North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force is pushing for an initiative to have Medicaid cover medical lactation support services. By Jasmin Singh Nothing seems more natural than for a mother to breastfeed her baby. But Anne-Marie Meyer found it’s not always the case. “It’s probably one of the hardest things I’ve had to do […]

This is what it that biofilm in your refrigerator drawer looks like magnified by an electron microscope. Photo Credit: Noah Fierer

There are Thousands of Organisms in Your Bed

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There are Thousands of Organisms in Your Bed - North Carolina Health News

… and on your countertops, and your sofa, and on the TV remote, and on your keyboard. And that’s a good thing, apparently. By Stephanie Soucheray According to new research coming out of NC State University, your pillowcase and your television set may have the same types of microbes, bacteria and, yes, even wildlife on […]

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