Dr. Mandy Cohen Earns Public Health Award From Harvard University
Secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen...
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Public Health
Inaction by Congress Leaves States to Pay for Election Costs
Congress’ failure so far to pass another round of coronavirus aid leaves state and local officials on their own to deal with the soaring costs of holding a presidential election amid a deadly pandemic. That could leave them...
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Global Vaccine Plan May Allow Rich Countries to Buy More
Politicians and public health leaders have publicly committed to equitably sharing any coronavirus...
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UNC Clarifies Mask Enforcement, Updates Sanitation Measures and Library Services
UNC officials provided the campus community further updates this week as it prepare for the start...
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Hollowed Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus
The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the...
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UNC Not Requiring COVID-19 Testing Upon Students’ Return, Citing ‘False Sense of Security’
As UNC prepares for students, faculty and staff to return in August for a fall semester, it is...
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GOP Picks Florida for Trump Convention Speech, Moving Away from NC
Jacksonville, Florida, has been selected to host the celebration marking President Donald Trump’s...
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Orange County Leaders Declare Requirement for Face Coverings
Orange County will now require most people in the county to wear a face covering when out of their...
Read MoreMass Gatherings, Erosion of Trust Upend Coronavirus Control
Protests erupting across the nation over the past week — and law enforcement’s response to them — are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to track and contain the spread of coronavirus just as those efforts were...
Read MoreAs Trump Deadline Approaches, N.C. Wants More on RNC
North Carolina’s top health official asked Friday for more details on how GOP leaders will protect attendees of a Republican National Convention this summer during the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump has threatened to...
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