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Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health, Uncategorized

A Different Type of Hog Farm

by Gabe Rivin December 27, 2016May 18, 2018

Flooding after Hurricane Matthew inundated dozens of poultry farms in Eastern North Carolina. Photo shows and aerial view of inundated chicken houses.

Environmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease, Public Health

From the Air, Environmentalists Record Flooded Farms

by Catherine Clabby November 4, 2016November 4, 2016

A fuel station in Lumberton inundated by rainwater deposited by Matthew. Many substances get into flood waters: soil, human and animal waste, chemicals and fuel create a toxic mix in floodwaters. Now that dozens of water treatment plants have been exposed to contaminants, it could take weeks for water in some Down East communities to be drinkable. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Environmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease, Public Health, Rural Health

Post-Matthew Water: How Bad Is It?

by Catherine Clabby October 25, 2016July 14, 2017

Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, NC Health Briefs, One Health, Public Health

Backyard Chickens At Center of Salmonella Outbreak

by Catherine Clabby June 13, 2016September 7, 2016

Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health

Another Kind of Hog Farm

by Gabe Rivin February 22, 2016April 7, 2017

Researchers taking an oropharyngeal swab of a chicken with suspected influenza.

Infectious Disease

Human, Animal Health Experts Work Together on This Year’s Flu Prevention

by Editor December 11, 2015April 19, 2021