An emergency, joint meeting happened Thursday where the Pitt County Board of Commissioners and the Board of Health were able to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccine has been making its way to hospitals across the state and distributed to healthcare workers. Onslow Memorial Hospital joined that list Friday, starting their distribution at 9 in the morning.
Medical professionals at Vidant Health say it’s important to be aware of your lung health, since lung cancer is the second most common cancer across the U.S. and the leading cause of cancer death.
Another grim milestone was hit Thursday in North Carolina, as we reach 5,637 new COVID-19 cases in just 24 hours and if these numbers don’t start going down, we could see tighter restrictions in our state.
Atrium Health CEO Gene Woods said Tuesday that the Charlotte-based health system has purchased refrigeration units that could store 300,000 does of the vaccine.
There is a lot going on right now, and it can be a lot to process and take in, Mental Health experts say they are seeing an uptick in people reaching out for helping dealing with stress and anxiety.
Bryant had filed the lawsuit against multiple parties including the doctor, Mehmet Tamer Yalcinkaya, and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for medical malpractice, fraudulent concealment and negligence regarding the incident in 2007.
Spokesman Maj. Dan Lessard says the 1st Special Forces Command soldiers, part of the Command’s 528th Special Operations Sustainment Brigade, were temporarily moved into alternate housing Oct. 10 following an air quality test.
The Charlotte Observer reports Mecklenburg County authorities said Wednesday that there are now 68 cases since the local health department initially reported the outbreak on Saturday.
River Trace Nursing & Rehab Center, in Washington, has a total of at least 129 COVID-19 cases between residents and staff and 14 deaths, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. And reports show Ridgewood Living & Rehabilitation Center has had at least 123 COVID-19 cases including both staff and residents and 13 deaths.
Governor Cooper said that the states hospitalizations are increasing, case numbers are increasing and there is more viral spread, but President Trump said the pandemic will end soon.
The Department of Health and Human Services says a person over the age of 65 who lives in the central part of the state died the first week of October.
The Citizen-Times reported a ballot count on Thursday morning showed that there were roughly twice as many ``yes'' votes by Mission Hospital nurses than there were votes against forming a union.
At a Wednesday morning news conference, Dan Forest said he would not mandate masks if he were governor and wants the state to move quickly to Plan A so everyone can have 100% in-person learning.
Patient information, including name, address, telephone number and more may have been compromised during security breach at Vidant Health's partner company.
