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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

Hospitalizations, incidental COVID-19 cases and Data Day As school districts across the state roll out a variety of plans for how they will greet their students next month, bars, gyms, bowling alleys, large entertainment venues and other businesses that remain closed must wait at least three more weeks to find out when they might be

By North Carolina Health News staff In search of an accurate disease model As North Carolina works through its first week of a statewide stay-at-home order, state department of health secretary Mandy Cohen cautioned that it’s hard to predict exactly how the outbreak will play out in North Carolina. Various models for the spread and

By Rose Hoban Even though it happened 17 years ago, Leah Devlin remembers exactly where she was when she learned there was a patient in North Carolina with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS. “I was driving back from D.C. and I got a call,” she said. At the time, Devlin was the state health

By Yen Duong Move over, groundhog. Per the latest data, there are several more weeks of flu season ahead. Health department officials set a baseline “high flu activity” rate based on previous years’ data, said North Carolina State Epidemiologist Dr. Zack Moore. Once you pass it, “you’re going to stay above baseline on average about

By Taylor Knopf When a 10-year-old boy died of asthma complications a few years ago, Goldsboro pediatrician David Tayloe said the medical community was embarrassed. The boy was being treated for asthma through his school clinic, managed by Goldsboro Pediatrics. He had a sad home life and had been mentally and physically abused, Tayloe said.

By Taylor Knopf New data from emergency departments in North Carolina show the rate of opioid overdose related visits continues to rise in the state, and the largest increases are in large central metropolitan areas. North Carolina was one of 10 states noted as having significant quarterly increases between July 2016 and September 2017 in

By Taylor Knopf Opioid abuse has become a top priority for most every public health organization in the nation, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One way the CDC is helping combat opioid abuse is by keeping close tabs on the statistics. Overdose deaths and emergency room data that once took the organization

This year’s flu season is busy, with at least 10 percent of all North Carolina emergency department visits for flu-like symptoms. By Rose Hoban Walk into a clinic or an emergency department anywhere in North Carolina these days and you’re likely to encounter a waiting room full of coughing, feverish people. That’s the way it

Even with Ebola out of the public spotlight, public health officials are still preparing for the worst. By Rose Hoban For several weeks this past fall, it seemed everyone was focused on the Ebola virus. Members of the media wrote countless articles, people argued on social media sites about quarantine and state and federal health