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As part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ ongoing effort to respond to the rise in syphilis and congenital syphilis cases and increase access to treatment, NC Medicaid will now cover an additional treatment for syphilis and congenital syphilis, Extencilline.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2024 @ 11:22 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The U.S. public health emergency that was declared to respond to COVID-19 ends today. North Carolina will continue to distribute the federally funded COVID-19 vaccines and tests for free to individuals who are uninsured while supplies last.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 1:18 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced Monday that the state is lifting its COVID restrictions for schools to align with updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 6:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Pfizer and BioNTech have requested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grant an emergency use authorization for its COVID vaccine adapted to the BA.4/BA.5 versions of the Omicron variant.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 6:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a report of the state’s monkeypox data, including how many vaccines have been administered across the state since July.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 6:10 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Press Secertary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby Answer Questions
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 @ 11:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Approximately 25 million children worldwide missed their routine vaccinations against potentially life-threatening illnesses due to COVID pandemic disruptions to healthcare.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2022 @ 2:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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The federal government has allocated North Carolina 444 doses of Jynneos, a vaccine that can prevent illness or lead to less severe symptoms if given within two weeks after someone is exposed to monkeypox.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 12:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last month, everyone in New York City was allowed to stop wearing masks – except for children under five years old, even though they have one of the lowest risks for contracting and spreading COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 @ 8:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In Virginia, the president of the Fairfax Education Association, who has been fighting legislation that would make masks optional in public schools, wrote in response to the news of the county’s high COVID-19 transmission rates that it was “good news,”
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2022 @ 12:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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This past week 99.7% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 @ 9:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past week 99.1% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 10:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past week 99.5% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 12:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past week 98.5% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.
Published: Saturday, February 26th, 2022 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A rally on Tuesday called to end the mask mandate in Wake County schools. More than 100 parents, grandparents, and students held signs and demonstrated in the cold outside Wake public school headquarters in Cary during a school board meeting.
Published: Saturday, February 19th, 2022 @ 5:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governors from both political parties reportedly told President Joe Biden that America needs to “move away from the pandemic.”
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2022 @ 10:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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This past week 97.7% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Forced mask-wearing in schools has become one of the signature shames of our era.
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 10:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Florida Department of Health announced Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made an “abrupt decision to remove emergency use authorization for two monoclonal antibodies,” which effectively shut down treatment sites statewide.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 9:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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This past week 96.8% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 24 out of 25 (96.1%) adult North Carolinians — and 93.7% of all North Carolinians — are estimated to have either been at least partially vaccinated or acquired natural immunity
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 6:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past week 96.6% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 10:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past week 97.7% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past week about 98.8% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. That is the lowest estimate recorded since this same time last year, during the height of cold and flu (respiratory viruses) season.
Published: Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 @ 11:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past week over 99.6% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and nearly nine out of 10 (89.9%) adult North Carolinians are estimated to have either vaccine-induced or natural immunity.
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Advisers to Democrat President Joe Biden are urging him to change his domestic strategy for how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which comes after Biden promised on the campaign trail that he would “shut down the virus,” a promise that he has failed miserably on delivering.
Published: Saturday, January 8th, 2022 @ 9:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said schools should be open during the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a different message than many schools across the country are following amid rising case numbers.
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 11:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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Sometimes I hate it when I’m right.
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2021 @ 7:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Published: Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 @ 8:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Press Briefing By White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 8:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCACC Weekly Update — March 19
Published: Monday, March 22nd, 2021 @ 10:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Fauci made the remarks on “Morning Joe” Tuesday, answering a question from co-host Willie Geist about whether people might be able to celebrate the Fourth of July with larger gatherings this year
Published: Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 @ 10:04 am
By: Daily Wire
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