Aimee Comanici wanted a freshman year full of friends and football games. Instead, she spent her first year @UNC battling cancer. Compelling story from @unc_mediahub. northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

After an investigation by NCHN and @VICENews NC prisons are revising both their official COVID-19 death count and the way they track that data. #nchealth #ncpol #ncga #coronavirusnc northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

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To ensure accurate counts in the future, NC will now check prison death reporting alongside official death documents. It could impact other prisoners who died of COVID-19-related causes and were not reported. #nchealth #COVID19NC #prisonhealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

Aimee Comanici wasn't allowed to dye her hair funky colors. But the day after being discharged from UNC Hospitals, her mom gave the go-ahead. A week later, Aimee ran her fingers through her wet, soapy hair and a clump of newly-purple locks came out. northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

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Rep. Chuck McGrady checks his notes as he makes the argument on the House floor for the Raise the Age bill.

North Carolina House Passes “Raise the Age” Bill With Broad Support

May 18, 2017 by Taylor Knopf

North Carolina House Passes “Raise the Age” Bill With Broad Support - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina is the last state in the US to routinely charge 16 and 17 year olds as adults when they commit crimes. That could end if this bill becomes law.

By Taylor Knopf The North Carolina House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pass a bill that would raise the age at which teens who commit crimes are tried as adults to 18 years old. North Carolina is the last state in the nation that automatically sends 16 and 17 year olds to adult […]

Left: Electron microscope image of Naegleria fowleri in its cyst stage. Center: Electron microscope image of Naegleria fowleri in its ameboid trophozoite stage. Right: Electron microscope image of Naegleria fowleri in its flagellated stage.

Risk of Fatal Infection Keeps Whitewater Closed

July 13, 2016 by Rose Hoban

Risk of Fatal Infection Keeps Whitewater Closed - North Carolina Health News

Microbiology experts say too little chlorine in the water at the U.S. Whitewater Center contributed to the growth of a deadly amoeba.

By Rose Hoban Whitewater facilities at a Charlotte water park where a teen acquired a fatal amoebic infection could be closed for long time, according to health authorities in Mecklenburg County. At a county board of commissioners meeting last week, Mecklenburg Health Department Medical Director Stephen Keener told commissioners that the popular whitewater channel at […]

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