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Tag: Sec. Mandy Cohen

Posted inPrison Health

‘Worst case scenario’: Omicron looms large over NC prisons

by Elizabeth Thompson January 4, 2022August 31, 2022

By Elizabeth Thompson As the Omicron variant begins to spread across the country, it is inevitable that it will end up in North Carolina’s prison system — if it isn’t there already. It is unclear whether the more contagious Omicron is driving COVID-19 cases across North Carolina’s prison system, but if the variant is behind […]

diagram shows figures of people colored in black for unvaccinated and light blue for vaccinated to show the disparity between these groups in hospital beds
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – September 9 – More than 15,000 COVID deaths; Cases up in children

by Anne Blythe September 9, 2021October 25, 2022
shows a woman in a red dress standing behind a podium as she talks about efforts to combat the COVID pandemic
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – May 11 – Recovered from COVID; churches and outside worship; more SNAP

by Editor May 11, 2020October 27, 2022
shows map of North Carolina divided up by Congressional district. the map represents how much COVID relief money went to each district
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – May 7 – Case numbers rise as state preps for partial reopening

by Editor May 7, 2020October 27, 2022
we see the top of a woman's face. She has on a mask agains the novel coronavirus
Posted inHospitals

On National Nurses’ Day, these critical health care workers are more in the spotlight

by Rose Hoban May 7, 2020November 30, 2020
Man in a dark green shirt stands at a podium, he's talking about actions north Carolina is taking against the coronavirus, COVID-19. He's been working extensively with Gov. Roy Cooper and Sec. Mandy Cohen
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – May 6 – Some businesses can reopen, while others wait; masks and summer camps

by Editor May 6, 2020October 27, 2022

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