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This story is supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and co-published by NC Health News, the Charlotte Post and the Charlotte Observer. By Melba Newsome Melissa James can still recall meeting her first coronavirus patient. A woman– probably in her mid-30s–came to the Southpark office in late February complaining of

By Anne Blythe As the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine begins to arrive in North Carolina this week, boosting battle supplies for a state a year into its fight against the coronavirus, Gov. Roy Cooper offered good news Tuesday for all those who work on the front lines in jobs they cannot do from home.

By Anne Blythe Mandy Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, may not have said the president’s name out loud Tuesday when she put her hand on the microphone in front of her as she spoke into the camera. Nonetheless, her message during a briefing with reporters was clear. President

By Hannah Critchfield  As the COVID-19 infection toll inside United States prisons and jails reaches 100,000, some researchers are wondering if it’s time to reconsider bans on using prisoners in medical trials, such as the vaccine trials currently underway across the country. Though often in the center of the discussion of a contentious topic, prisoners

By Anne Blythe Public health officials want North Carolinians to keep up their guard against COVID-19 over the long Labor Day weekend so the unofficial end of summer won’t be ushered out the way the season was marshaled in. It was not long after Memorial Day and a coinciding easing of the statewide Stay at