Tag: Phase 3

By Anne Blythe, Hannah Critchfield and Thomas Goldsmith On a day that North Carolina’s COVID-19 death toll topped the 4,000 mark and the number of people hospitalized with illness related to the novel coronavirus is the second highest in the pandemic, Gov. Roy Cooper hit the pause on any further reopening. North Carolina public health

By Anne Blythe David Wohl has been on the frontlines battling COVID-19 for the past seven months, helping to set up crucial testing sites both in Chapel Hill and in underserved  Lee County communities. The infectious disease specialist at the UNC Chapel Hill medical school also has been treating patients sickened by the novel coronavirus

By Hannah Critchfield Last week, Noshima Darden-Tabb logged onto Facebook for an informal research study. “I was just doing my own little mini-research. I’d been out talking to people all day, and I was seeing a trend,” the 53-year-old said. “So I asked a handful of people online: Would they participate in a vaccine research

By Anne Blythe North Carolinians will be able to return to bars with outdoor seating, movie theaters, outdoor amusement parks, sports stadiums and other entertainment venues after Friday, with some limitations, thanks to the coronavirus. Gov. Roy Cooper told reporters on Wednesday that North Carolina’s COVID-19 trends and metrics are stable enough to move into

By Anne Blythe Deja vu all over again on testing supply shortages? Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, has twice this week sounded an alarm on supply shortages that are causing longer waits for COVID-19 test results. During this phase of the pandemic, North Carolina has increased statewide testing

By North Carolina Health News staff Face coverings required in North Carolina It took Gov. Roy Cooper a week to figure out how to snap his fingers. When asked last week, why not mandate face masks, the tool that scientists and physicians tout as one of the best available to slow the spread of the

By North Carolina Health News staff How COVID-19 moves from crowded restaurants to long-term care Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen laid out why it’s important for the entire state to work from the same playbook as it battles COVID-19 in response to a reporter’s emotional question about testing for the virus in long-term