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Tag: Sampson County

A lagoon for hog waste. Photo shows a lake of feces next to buildings
Posted inHealth Inequities

Court rejects Smithfield’s arguments, giving low-income neighbors of hog farms hope

by Greg Barnes December 4, 2020December 3, 2020
Shows a group of eight people each wearing masks and holding out their arms to be at a distance from one another.
Posted inHealth Reform

Will COVID-19 help move primary care physicians away from the fee-for-service model?

by Rose Hoban August 19, 2020January 29, 2021
shows men bent over green plants, pulling peppers into baskets
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – July 23 – Follow the three Ws, say Mexican and Guatemalan consulate leaders; Plug for Medicaid expansion; ‘Not yet turned a corner’

by Anne Blythe July 23, 2020December 10, 2022
A man in a facemask puts a coronavirus awarness flier on a car at a wal-Mart parking lot in Columbus County, a rural area.
Posted inRural Health

Coronavirus gains a foothold in rural North Carolina

by Liora Engel-Smith May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
shows trend lines for COVID-like illnesses in the emergency departments higher than in prior years, but decreasing overall
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – May 5 – Cooper eases restrictions as of Friday, reporting on nursing home, meat processor outbreaks

by Editor May 5, 2020November 25, 2022
The Smithfield Food's hog-processing plant in Tar Heel appeared to be operating as usual on Tuesday, April 28, 2019. Photo credit Greg Barnes
Posted inInfectious Disease

Smithfield’s largest slaughterhouse struggling to contain virus

by Greg Barnes May 1, 2020April 30, 2020

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