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Coronavirus Today – Feb. 4 – Governor’s pandemic spending plan; Recommends teacher bonuses; Lawmakers pass COVID relief proposal

February 4, 2021 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus Today – Feb. 4 – Governor’s pandemic spending plan; Recommends teacher bonuses; Lawmakers pass COVID relief proposal - North Carolina Health News

The governor offers a spending proposal to continue the fight against COVID-19 while creating recovery and rebuilding programs.

By Anne Blythe As North Carolina continues to battle COVID-19 in the coming year, Gov. Roy Cooper said on Thursday that he wanted state lawmakers to dip into the nearly $5 billion that they’ve set aside in a rainy day fund and agree to spend $695 million of that money on one-time teacher bonuses, hazard […]

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Domestic violence dramatically increased in North Carolina last year

February 4, 2021 by Hannah Critchfield

Domestic violence dramatically increased in North Carolina last year - North Carolina Health News

The virus is making it more difficult for victims to seek help.

By Hannah Critchfield It was a call with a clear plan of action. The woman on the phone, a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe in northeastern North Carolina, was ready to leave her abusive partner. She needed a place to stay. So Karen Franco, a victim advocate at the North Carolina Commission of Indian […]

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Coronavirus Today – Aug. 13 – Pandemic snarls seasons: Sports, flu, back-to-school; Unemployment aid push and pull

August 13, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus Today – Aug. 13 – Pandemic snarls seasons: Sports, flu, back-to-school; Unemployment aid push and pull - North Carolina Health News

NC’s trends and metrics are going the right way, DHHS secretary says, but that ‘progress is fragile.’

By Anne Blythe As college sports officials spent Thursday weighing pros and cons of moving ahead with an Atlantic Coast Conference football season in the coming weeks and month, public health officials in North Carolina, where many of those teams play, raised the specter of a different fall phenomenon. Flu season is coming amid the […]

Lifeline or life risk: Working in an Amazon warehouse

July 27, 2020 by Melba Newsome

Lifeline or life risk: Working in an Amazon warehouse - North Carolina Health News

While hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians were losing their jobs, Amazon was on a hiring spree. But at what price?

By Melba Newsome When the California state college system shut down its campuses and moved classes online due to the coronavirus in March, rising junior Chad Ellis returned home to Charlotte, where he expected to finish his classes and hang out with friends and family. Then, mega e-tailer Amazon announced plans to fill 100,000 positions […]

shows a man putting on a mask against COVID-19 that has the seal of North Carolina on it.

Coronavirus Today – July 21 – Calls for strong federal leadership; testing shortage work-arounds; hardy salute to National Guard

July 21, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Coronavirus Today – July 21 – Calls for strong federal leadership; testing shortage work-arounds; hardy salute to National Guard - North Carolina Health News

As the pandemic rages on, North Carolina governor and top public health official call out the Trump administration.

By Anne Blythe Five months into the coronavirus pandemic, the North Carolina governor and his top public health official are expressing deja-vu-all-over-again frustrations about the lack of a strong federal plan for attacking COVID-19. At a media briefing on Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper and Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human […]

North Carolina’s coronavirus surge, explained in three charts

July 7, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

North Carolina’s coronavirus surge, explained in three charts - North Carolina Health News

With more numbers than ever, it can be hard to understand the magnitude of the pandemic in North Carolina. We’ve created three charts to help you make sense of coronavirus in the state.

By Liora Engel-Smith Four months into the pandemic that led to about 1,400 deaths in North Carolina, sickened thousands more, created massive unemployment and disrupted nearly every aspect of life, the magnitude of coronavirus in the state remains hard to grasp. State officials cited some of those indicators as the deciding factors in halting the […]

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COVID-19 affected NC’s rural economies long before the first confirmed cases arrived there

June 2, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

COVID-19 affected NC’s rural economies long before the first confirmed cases arrived there - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina’s coronavirus control measures have strained the state’s already weaker rural economies, data from the first wave of unemployment claims shows.

By Liora Engel-Smith In mid-March, the pandemic that now encompasses every county in the state seemed like a decidedly urban problem. As of March 16, North Carolina’s 33 confirmed cases were concentrated in population centers: the Triangle, the greater Charlotte area and micro counties — areas with smaller cities. But even without confirmed cases, rural […]

Coronavirus Today – May 4 – Pandemic politics, slow re-opening, prison COVID plan

May 4, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – May 4 – Pandemic politics, slow re-opening, prison COVID plan - North Carolina Health News

Gov. Roy Cooper joined with rival legislative leaders to get a coronavirus relief plan across the finish line.

By North Carolina Health News staff Kumbaya pandemic politics The COVID-19 pandemic has swept so much abnormality through this state that North Carolinians could be forgiven if they failed to do a few extra blinks of astonishment when Gov. Roy Cooper signed a $1.5 billion relief pandemic package into law midday. The Republican House and […]

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‘Our lives on the line’: Service industry workers contend with coronavirus

April 26, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

‘Our lives on the line’: Service industry workers contend with coronavirus - North Carolina Health News

From layoffs to working in jobs where they can’t self-isolate, the coronavirus pandemic poses unique challenges for many workers in the service industry.

By Liora Engel-Smith Twice a week, Tiffany Patterson drives herself to BioLife Plasma Services where a phlebotomist threads a needle into a vein in her arm. Then the Charlotte resident waits around — sometimes for an hour, sometimes less — for the plasmapheresis machine to extract the yellowish fluid from her body. The center pays […]

Gov. Cooper walks to a podium with flags in the background. He's at a coronavirus (COVID-19) briefing.

Coronavirus Today – April 21 – New pandemic plans soon, salute a lab worker, nursing home, prison outbreaks

April 21, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 21 – New pandemic plans soon, salute a lab worker, nursing home, prison outbreaks - North Carolina Health News

With a little more than a week left for stay-at-home order, plans are being finalized for what’s next.

By North Carolina Health News staff Stay tuned: More orders coming Gov. Roy Cooper will give North Carolinians a better idea later this week about what happens after April 29, when the current stay-at-home order expires. The governor just issued an executive order that makes people who are temporarily out of a job and a […]

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