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The Smithfield Foods processing plant in Tar Heel employs up to 5,000 workers and slaughters 30,000 to 35,000 hogs a day: Photo credit: Melissa Sue Garrets, The Fayetteville Observer
Posted inInfectious Disease

Two more processing plants identified as having coronavirus outbreaks

by Greg Barnes April 24, 2020April 9, 2021
Gov. Cooper walks to a podium with flags in the background. He's at a coronavirus (COVID-19) briefing.
Posted inState Health Policy

Coronavirus Today – April 21 – New pandemic plans soon, salute a lab worker, nursing home, prison outbreaks

by Editor April 21, 2020October 27, 2022
A skilled nursing facility sign is in the foreground and a building is in the background. The facility, A PruittHealth skilled-nursing facility for veterans in Orange County, is dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19, and has a history of poor staffing.
Posted inAging

Short staffing an issue at NC nursing homes marked by COVID-19 outbreaks

by Thomas Goldsmith April 20, 2020April 28, 2020
Health care professionals grab disposable takeout containers outside. Providers have been responding to the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – April 17 – Outbreak in Goldsboro prison, upping testing capacity, Fort Bragg deaths

by Editor April 17, 2020October 27, 2022
A sign for the respiratory diagnostic clinic in UNC, which tests people for COVID-19..
Posted inInfectious Disease

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

by Anne Blythe April 11, 2020April 11, 2020
Hospice workers set up a food pantry on tables in what looks like a conference room.
Posted inInfectious Disease

NC hospice providers face new obstacles operating under shadow of COVID-19

by Thomas Goldsmith April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

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