Chatham County Groups Host UNC Students for Public Heath Service
Two organizations in Chatham County have been selected by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public...
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Public Health
Orange County Names Interim Health Director
Orange County has named an interim health director while searching for a permanent replacement. Dr. Dorothy Cilenti has been chosen to fill that role, which will be her second stint as interim director. Cilenti is on faculty at...
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Carrboro Police Again Successfully Use Naloxone to Reverse Overdose
Carrboro Police have once again utilized naloxone to reverse a drug overdose. Officials say the...
Read MoreOrange County Commissioner Named Public Health Hero
Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier has been named Orange County’s 2016 Public Health Hero. Pelissier was given the inaugural award because she has served on a number of boards, as well as worked in the fields of mental...
Read MoreOrange County Board of Health Considering E-Cig Ban in Restaurants and Bars
A newly-proposed rule from the Orange County Board of Health would prohibit e-cigarette use in the enclosed areas of restaurants and bars in Orange County. The ban would include municipalities and unincorporated areas of the...
Read MoreDurham County Public Health Investigating Death of Inmate
The Durham County Department of Public Health has launched an investigation into the death of an inmate earlier this month. A release says the investigation comes after the department was notified of the death of 29-year-old...
Read MoreLarge Disparities Exist Even in State’s Healthiest County
Orange County children may be the healthiest in North Carolina, according to child-advocacy nonprofit NC Child. But a closer look at Orange County shows that the block you grow up on may matter more than your county. Orange...
Read MoreShould I Get the Shingles Vaccine?
Late the other night, I saw a TV commercial for Zostavax®, the vaccine for shingles. It opened with a picture of a man’s stomach emblazoned with large and grotesque pustules, allegedly from shingles. (The make-up crew for the...
Read MoreUNC Study: Too Easy For Teens To Get E-cigarettes Online
A new UNC study shows just how easily teens can buy e-cigarettes online, in violation of state law.
Read MoreIs The Toilet The Greatest Public Health Invention Ever?
Last week’s column, Spinal Cord Miracle?, was an inspiring story about how scientific progress enabled a man whose spinal cord had been severed to walk again. This remarkable achievement came as a result of the expenditure of...
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