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COVID-19 Situation Update: January 12
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 9:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services published its Olmstead Plan, designed to assist people with disabilities who receive or are eligible for publicly-funded services.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 12:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the face of nationwide competition for testing supplies and shortages of testing staff, the NCDHHS is pulling all available levers to support existing testing sites, to open more sites across the state and to increase access to at-home collection kits.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 11:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The FDA now authorizes and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends individuals who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine get a booster dose after five months.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 12:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please see attached for today's updated Beaufort County Surveillance Data.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 12:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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You are receiving the attached message and email below from Beaufort County's EOC as a method of keeping you informed about our county's response to COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 9:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With COVID-19 cases reaching pandemic highs, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services urges K-12 schools to promote vaccination and boosters for students and staff and require students and staff wear masks indoors to keep students in the classroom and limit the risk of COVID-19
Published: Monday, January 10th, 2022 @ 6:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Covid19 Update for January 7, 2022
Published: Sunday, January 9th, 2022 @ 12:29 pm
By: Announcements
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday announced it recommends the Pfizer COVID-19 booster for children ages 12 to 15 to further protect them from COVID-19.
Published: Saturday, January 8th, 2022 @ 9:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it will issue the first round of Student Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer benefits next week for students eligible between the months of September and November 2021.
Published: Friday, January 7th, 2022 @ 9:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Covid19 Update for January 5, 2022
Published: Friday, January 7th, 2022 @ 9:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The joint operating agreement between East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health is now officially underway, enabling the organizations to create ECU Health and work together to improve health care delivery to the 1.4 million residents of eastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 12:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: January 5
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 9:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As many of you know, I take pictures ... sometimes too often according to my wife, and I reckon her opinion counts more to me than most.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 12:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health Media Advisory: Omicron Variant
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 12:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program will expand to include all low-income households needing assistance in paying their water bill.
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 1:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Covid19 Update for January 1, 2022
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: December 30
Published: Saturday, January 1st, 2022 @ 12:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported on its COVID-19 dashboard today the highest one-day number of COVID-19 cases.
Published: Saturday, January 1st, 2022 @ 9:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCDHHS Aligns with CDC and Outlines Updated Guidance on Actions to Take After COVID-19 Exposure
Published: Saturday, January 1st, 2022 @ 8:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Vidant Health continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing spread of the Omicron variant, we are taking steps to ensure the safety of all.
Published: Friday, December 31st, 2021 @ 12:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative (NCOHC), a program of the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation (FHLI), has secured funding to begin tackling the complex needs of people seeking oral health services in western North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County has had 94 new cases since last Friday (12/10).
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 2:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: December 21
Published: Thursday, December 23rd, 2021 @ 10:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. today issued the below Secretarial Advisory, urging the following actions to prevent serious illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19.
Published: Thursday, December 23rd, 2021 @ 3:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Health experts are warning that the highly contagious COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is expected to cause the greatest surge in COVID-19 infections to date in the coming months.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 8:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As I pondered what to write about for Christmas, I mentally thumbed through previous columns on Christmas music, Christmas cats, and Christmas trips.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 12:51 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Programs that provide overdose prevention and syringe access are serving more people and potentially saving more lives, according to the 2020-2021 North Carolina Safer Syringe Initiative Annual Report released by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 12:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In order to better reach those with substance use disorders, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is awarding $4.4 million in funding for 15 mobile units to provide screening, assessment, treatment, primary care and recovery support services.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 9:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a funding opportunity to award a total of $4 million to up to 10 organizations to increase access to high-quality substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Published: Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 @ 9:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: December 15
Published: Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 @ 2:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the first reported flu-related death of the 2021–22 flu season.
Published: Monday, December 20th, 2021 @ 5:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Canada's first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine has shown high efficacy against infection during Phase 3 clinical trials, the drugmakers behind the plant-based shot reported Tuesday, fuelling hopes it could soon get a stamp of approval for use.
Published: Sunday, December 19th, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue the Student Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) food assistance program
Published: Sunday, December 19th, 2021 @ 8:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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