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shows a glowering sky with trees in the distance. Closer to the camera, there is debris and two cars piled on top of one another, heavily damaged
Posted inPublic Health

Coronavirus Today – Aug. 5 Here come the students; taking a pause on NC reopening; Stability is good, decline even better

by Editor August 5, 2020April 14, 2021
shows the front of a building with several flags on poles, the American flag is at half staff, as there are dead COVID patients within. A sign in front of the building reads, "Heroes work here"
Posted inAging

Coronavirus deaths bring attention to privatized state veterans homes

by Thomas Goldsmith July 31, 2020July 31, 2020
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Posted inPublic Health

Coronavirus Today – June 30 – COVID testing in NC nursing homes; former FDA commissioner on masks and path forward; Norway study on gyms

by Editor June 30, 2020April 14, 2021
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Posted inPublic Health

Coronavirus Today – June 15 – Mandatory face masks?; a lesson in virus spread; hurricane relief amid pandemic

by Editor June 15, 2020April 14, 2021
Members of the Henderson County Rescue Squad enter the decontamination tent outside Cherry Springs Village, an assisted living facility. The squad assist staff remove PPE.
Posted inAging

WNC strike team fights back as long-term care residents contract COVID-19

by Hannah Critchfield June 11, 2020June 11, 2020
Alicia Rodgers, a 50-year-old resident at Cherry Springs Village assisted living facility, beams for a photo taken at a socially-distanced strike team member. Rodgers contracted COVID-19 in the early days of the outbreak at the facility.
Posted inAging

As COVID-19 threatened western N.C., a new approach to fighting it in long-term care

by Thomas Goldsmith June 10, 2020June 15, 2020

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