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Posted inChildren's Health

Is youth suicide increasing in North Carolina during the pandemic?

by Hannah Critchfield March 2, 2021March 4, 2021

By Hannah Critchfield The debate to reopen schools for in-person learning has highlighted an alarming idea – that students are not just falling behind academically, but at a heightened risk of death by suicide. “One of our local superintendents recently shared with me that the suicide rate among teens is higher than the COVID rate […]

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Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – July 16: Hospitalization and incidental COVID-19 cases; Latinos complain of being turned away; Federal change-up and NC impact

by Editor July 16, 2020April 14, 2021
State health Sec. Mandy Cohen stands with her head bowed before March 31 press briefing on coronavirus.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – April 1 – Managing limited PPE supplies, tracking the spread, face masks for healthy people

by Editor April 1, 2020April 14, 2021
An image of the coronavirus, the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic, a virus that has many points protruding out of it. The virus has disproportionally affected African Americans. This is also used in stories about coronavirus in North Carolina
Posted inInfectious Disease

Is NC ready for Coronavirus? What health officials have learned from past outbreaks

by Rose Hoban February 28, 2020March 18, 2020
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Posted inInfectious Disease

Flu causes more hospitals across the state to restrict visitors

by Yen Duong February 8, 2019April 13, 2021
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Posted inChildren's Health

Asthma Rates Highest Among Poor, Minority Communities in Eastern N.C.

by Taylor Knopf April 27, 2018April 27, 2018

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