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Coronavirus Today – April 27 -Contact tracers needed, Atrium Health clinical trial, names of nursing homes with outbreaks released

April 27, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 27 -Contact tracers needed, Atrium Health clinical trial, names of nursing homes with outbreaks released - North Carolina Health News

NCDHHS announced a contact tracing task collaborative to support local health departments through the pandemic. Meanwhile, the state released the names of nursing homes with coronavirus outbreak.

By North Carolina Health News staff Help wanted: COVID contact tracers Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, has found a partner to help double the number of coronavirus contact tracers in North Carolina. The Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative was formed through a partnership with the state health department, Community […]

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‘Our lives on the line’: Service industry workers contend with coronavirus

April 26, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

‘Our lives on the line’: Service industry workers contend with coronavirus - North Carolina Health News

From layoffs to working in jobs where they can’t self-isolate, the coronavirus pandemic poses unique challenges for many workers in the service industry.

By Liora Engel-Smith Twice a week, Tiffany Patterson drives herself to BioLife Plasma Services where a phlebotomist threads a needle into a vein in her arm. Then the Charlotte resident waits around — sometimes for an hour, sometimes less — for the plasmapheresis machine to extract the yellowish fluid from her body. The center pays […]

Gov. Roy Cooper stands at a podium in a briefing about coronavirus. There's a video camera in the foreground.

Staying at home in May, too

April 23, 2020 by Sarah Ovaska

Staying at home in May, too - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Roy Cooper outlines plan for easing social-distancing, but says North Carolina isn’t ready yet.

By Anne Blythe and Sarah Ovaska Gov. Roy Cooper revealed plans for a phased easing of social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic in which North Carolinians have been clamoring for knowns in the new world of so many unknowns. The stay-at-home order in place for the past three and a half weeks has helped […]

North Carolina Gov Roy Cooper speaks at an emergency briefing about coronavirus

Coronavirus Today – April 23 – Stay-at-home order extended, easing malpractice risk, Novant resumes elective surgeries

April 23, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 23 – Stay-at-home order extended, easing malpractice risk, Novant resumes elective surgeries - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Roy Cooper extended the stay-at-home order through May 8.

By North Carolina Health News staff North Carolinians will be staying at home into May Gov. Roy Cooper has extended his statewide stay-at-home order through May 8, while also outlining a three-phase plan for North Carolinians about when and how he will ease social distancing restrictions. “After a thorough analysis of the details of testing, […]

A woman looks at cloth masks in her hands. The masks were created to help combat the coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus Today – April 22 – Prisoner death, textile collaboration churns out masks, behavioral health support

April 22, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 22 – Prisoner death, textile collaboration churns out masks, behavioral health support - North Carolina Health News

As the North Carolina prison system reports its first COVID-19 death, officials said they will test all correctional officers in the state for the virus.

By North Carolina Health News staff NC prisoner dies after 8-day hospitalization A prisoner from Pender Correctional Institution died from COVID-19, according to state prison officials. The man, who was in his 50s with underlying health issues, exhibited symptoms of a viral infection on April 8, according to a news release from the state Department […]

Correction Enterprise staff work on making face shields for prisons during the coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus Today – April 20 – COVID deaths surpass flu, Neuse prison outbreak, Smithfield and food supply

April 20, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 20 – COVID deaths surpass flu, Neuse prison outbreak, Smithfield and food supply - North Carolina Health News

N.C. coronavirus deaths in one month now exceed the entire season of flu fatalities, said DHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen.

By North Carolina Health News staff More COVID-19 deaths than flu In less than one month, the number of deaths related to COVID-19 in North Carolina has surpassed flu-related deaths for the whole season. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, made that note as she announced the state’s COVID death […]

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Coronavirus Today – April 15 – Research, tests and the need for gradual changes

April 15, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 15 – Research, tests and the need for gradual changes - North Carolina Health News

Senate leader Phil Berger announced a research initiative to take look back at who may have had COVID-19, while Gov. Roy Cooper and Sec. Mandy Cohen worry the state lacks enough to do adequate disease tracking.

More testing, more tracing, even more attention to COVID-19 trends Gov. Roy Cooper offered a more detailed look at what needs to happen when North Carolina begins to ease restrictions in place now to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed with patients infected with COVID-19. He outlined a three-part plan that includes wider-spread testing for the […]

A photo of thank you banners in front of the Duke Raleigh hospital campus. The signs are to celebrate healthcare workers responding to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus Today – April 14 – Medicaid expansion, Raleigh protest, rural hospitals ask for help

April 14, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 14 – Medicaid expansion, Raleigh protest, rural hospitals ask for help - North Carolina Health News

In a sign that political discourse around health care access is once again heating up, NCDHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen called for Medicaid expansion at a press conference on COVID-19.

By North Carolina Health News staff COVID-19 response brings renewed push for Medicaid expansion N.C. Department of Health and Humans Services Secretary Mandy Cohen used her time during Wednesday’s daily media briefing to make a familiar plug: Expand Medicaid. “Sadly, many in our state do not have access to affordable health care including those who […]

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Four things North Carolina’s coronavirus data tells us — and what it doesn’t.

April 14, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

Four things North Carolina’s coronavirus data tells us — and what it doesn’t. - North Carolina Health News

The coronavirus outbreak has brought on an onslaught of data, but what do these numbers actually mean?

By Liora Engel-Smith From case numbers to deaths to the number of open intensive care beds in the state, there isn’t a lack of numbers when it comes to discussing the coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina. But all data is limited in what it can and cannot tell us. If you want to understand how […]

A sign for the respiratory diagnostic clinic in UNC, which tests people for COVID-19..

At this COVID-19 testing center, you’re more than a lab number

April 11, 2020 by Anne Blythe

At this COVID-19 testing center, you’re more than a lab number - North Carolina Health News

UNC Health’s drive-through testing site doesn’t just stop with the tests.

By Anne Blythe Amir Barzin, the UNC Health physician at the helm of the Respiratory Diagnostic Center, says he and his team are seeing from 70 to 150 people a day coming in for drive-through COVID-19 testing at the Ambulatory Care Center site in Chapel Hill. In a half-hour Zoom video conference with reporters on […]

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