Doctors say COVID-19 affects the inner surfaces of veins and arteries, which can cause blood vessel inflammation, damage to very small vessels and blood clots.
Children’s Miracle Network funded the purchase of the ArcticSun Machine at Vidant Medical Center that helps newborns when they are in pain and discomfort.
Dr. Richard Dalyai, vascular neurosurgeon and Surgical Director of Stroke Services at Vidant Health, says the likelihood of having a stroke is significantly higher in North Carolina than the rest of the country as a whole.
With those under 12 still being exposed to COVID, health professionals are still asking all children under the age of 12, and their parents to adhere to CDC guidelines for those who are unvaccinated.
The state’s vaccination rate has slowed to the levels when the vaccine rollout first began, and has fallen by about 300,000 doses administered per week since its height in early April.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Mental Health Provider Integrated Family Services is highlighting the importance of taking time to take care of your mental health, especially after what’s been an incredibly tough year.
Legislation was approved barring abortion providers from performing the procedure if a woman’s decision centered on the unborn child’s race or a Down syndrome diagnosis.
For more than a year now we’ve been heavily leaning on our healthcare workers to help guide us through this pandemic, and this week a local Intensive Care Unit Nurse was honored for her efforts.
A House panel planned to discuss a measure that would bar a physician from performing an abortion if the doctor knows the pregnant woman wanted the procedure due to the fetus’ race or the detection of the presence of Down syndrome.
Only about 24% of North Carolinians are fully-vaccinated, but the number of vaccines administered since the peak of the rollout in early April has slowed nearly in half.
The drive-thru event was held at Koinonia Christian Center on Saturday and included over-the-counter medicine such as cough and cold medicine, vitamins, allergy medication, first aid supplies, and more.
Recent news about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have health officials trying to figure out how to tamper down fears and rising hesitancy about getting a vaccine at all.
Pines Elementary School is closed because of these issues but this isn’t the first time they’ve had reports of this. And while the Superintendent says there’s no need for concern, some parents who have children enrolled at Pines, beg to differ.
