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We see a hand holding a cardboard sign that says, "#Free Them All" sticking out the passenger window of a compact white car passing the Durham County Detention Facility. The car is part of a caravan of protestors calling for the release of inmates who are unable to pay bail during the pandemic. It's Father's Day, 2020.
Posted inPrison Health

Even as NC’s COVID numbers stabilize, jail outbreaks spike

by Hannah Critchfield August 11, 2020January 29, 2021
A field scientist drags a cloth across the ground to gather ticks
Posted inChronic Disease

Ticks continue creeping southward in North Carolina

by Greg Barnes August 5, 2020August 6, 2020
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
The Appalachian Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina may benefit from the ARC's recovery ecosystem model. The area has a quickly growing outbreak of COVID-19
Posted inInfectious Disease

COVID-19 in western NC: Just the tip of the iceberg

by Melba Newsome April 13, 2020April 14, 2020
Gov. Cooper walks past Mandy Cohen at a coronavirus briefing
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – April 9 – Grocery store executive order, lawmakers start to write relief bills, speeding up unemployment relief  

by Editor April 9, 2020April 14, 2021
shows an inmate in a orange jail jumpsuit and handcuffs behind a bottle labeled methadone, an opioid use disorder drug that can help reduce cravings.
Posted inSubstance Use

For some opioid users in NC, jail doesn’t mean detox

by Taylor Knopf February 25, 2020April 12, 2021

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