Tag: Public Health Emergency Preparedness

By NC Health News Staff North Carolina has been in a state of emergency for nearly a week in response to the novel coronavirus, and with the declaration came novel lifestyle changes for many across the state. The new normal for everyday life is very abnormal, instilling child care headaches for many families, ramped up

By Anne Blythe As Hurricane Dorian churned in the Atlantic Ocean, frustrating the meteorologists trying to predict its path, there was a bit of calm before the coming storm Wednesday at a specialized medical emergency shelter in Clayton. Amy O’Connor, a registered nurse at Duke, and Logan Spears, an emergency room nurse at Duke Raleigh

By Rose Hoban For the five months that members of the U.S. Public Health Service are on call every year, they’re required to keep a bag packed and be ready to deploy wit 12 hours’ notice. That’s what happened recently for about 73 members of the USPHS who deployed to North Carolina last week as

Hospitals throughout the eastern part of North Carolina have been affected, but none more than Southeastern Regional in Lumberton. By Rose Hoban On Saturday, as Hurricane Matthew’s eye scraped the southeastern-most edge of North Carolina, the power went out at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. But Joann Anderson, the CEO of Southeastern Health, which has it’s

By Rose Hoban With memories of this past spring’s outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Midwest, veterinarians met with public health officials in a two-day conference this week on preventing a mass outbreak of the flu. This year’s “One Medicine” symposium, held at the Sheraton Imperial near Research Triangle Park, featured presentations on

Public health agencies have had to spend tens of thousands of dollars to ramp up Ebola containment efforts, but the money to pay for those efforts has not materialized By Christine Vestal Stateline with additional reporting by NC Health News staff Dwindling resources may make it difficult for public health departments across the country to