State Gives $35 Million to Local Health Departments for COVID-19 Response
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is allocating $35 million in federal...
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Orange County Health Department
Health Department, Sheriff’s Office Promote Understanding Amid Pandemic
The Orange County Health Department and Orange County Sheriff’s Office recently collaborated on a...
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Coronavirus Deaths Continue in Orange County Long-term Care Facilities; State Reports 28
The PruittHEALTH – Carolina Point and Signature HealthCARE nursing homes, two of the largest...
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Orange County Reports First COVID-19 Death, Cases Near 100
****UPDATE: The first county death has since been identified as a resident of PruittHealth –...
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Report: 4 Positive COVID-19 Cases in Orange County
The latest update from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services revealed Orange...
Read MoreOrange County Creates Coronavirus Hotline, Text Service for Residents
The Orange County government has established two new ways for residents to learn about COVID-19, taking further steps to prepare them to address the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus. The county recently established a...
Read MoreOrange County Health Department Confirms 2 Related Whooping Cough Cases
A case of whooping cough prompted a cautionary message to parents of students at one Orange County elementary school. The letter from Orange County Health director Quintana Stewart was sent to parents of students at Grady Brown...
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New Orange County Health Director Looks to Further Innovation in Public Health
Quintana Stewart is now one month into her tenure as the new health director of Orange County. She...
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Racial Equity Institute Sheds Light on Systemic Racism
Orange Organizing Against Racism and the Racial Equity Institute are holding a “Groundwater”...
Read MoreOrange County Does its Part for Suicide Prevention
Sixty-two Orange County citizens lost their lives from 2011 to 2015 to suicide. Throughout the month of September, the Orange County Health Department and Healthy Carolinians of Orange County will be hosting events to support...
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