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Tag: State Epidemiologist

Posted inChildren's Health

NC hospital spotted mystery vaping injury patterns early on

by Sarah Ovaska October 4, 2019October 4, 2019

By Sarah Ovaska-Few A North Carolina hospital offered some of the first clues into what’s been an ongoing medical mystery, the vaping-related lung injuries that have killed 18 people in the country to date and sent more than a thousand to hospitals with serious injuries. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced […]

shows a microscopic image of a cluster of hepatitis A viruses
Posted inInfectious Disease

Hepatitis A outbreak in North Carolina centered in Mecklenburg County

by Yen Duong June 19, 2019April 13, 2021
This 2006 photograph showed a nurse in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination to an adolescent girl whose sister, mother, and grandmother watched from the background.
Posted inChildren's Health

No shots, no service: Pediatricians take tough stands while vaccination rates for young children in N.C. drop

by Sarah Ovaska May 7, 2019November 13, 2019
shows a man sneezing, potentially spreading a respiratory virus. Flu symptoms include sneezing, cough, fever and aches.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Flu causes more hospitals across the state to restrict visitors

by Yen Duong February 8, 2019April 13, 2021
map of chemours sites, noting wind pattern, wherewhere airborne GenX may have been carried
Posted inEnvironmental Health

DHHS Announces Results of Chemours Neighbors’ Blood, Urine Tests

by Greg Barnes October 18, 2018September 16, 2022
shows satellite photo with annotations of plant and processing area locations.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Residents Near Chemical Plant Will Get Blood Tested

by Rose Hoban July 19, 2018July 18, 2018

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