Due to the high number of people with the flu in our community, we are temporarily changing our family presence and visitation practices for patient safety as well as the safety of visitors
Published: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018 @ 2:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state's first child death from flu for the 2017-18 flu season
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2017 @ 6:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please explain this to me. On second thought, don't bother.
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 2:58 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Flu shots are available at hospitals, pharmacies, private medical offices, some federally qualified health care centers and local health departments
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 3:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D., got her flu shot Thursday and encouraged others to get vaccinated, too, with the flu season underway
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 1:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina First Lady Kristin Cooper joined State Health Director Betsey Tilson, M.D., on Tuesday at Wake County Human Services to encourage North Carolinians to get vaccinated against the flu
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 3:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Twenty flu deaths were reported in North Carolina for the week ending March 11, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 10:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An additional 17 flu deaths were reported in North Carolina for the week ending March 4, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 8:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The number of confirmed flu cases and flu-related deaths is rising in North Carolina as the peak of the 2016-17 flu season nears, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 7:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Social media is more than a forum to espouse your political views or post your latest selfie. It is a business where you are the product. You may think that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Google+ are trying to give you a forum for expression, but they are really using you to make money.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 @ 9:52 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Citizens United, or Citizens United v. FEC, is a 2010 case in which the Supreme Court struck down limits to independent political expenditures on First Amendment freedom of speech grounds
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2017 @ 1:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first child death from flu for the 2016-2017 flu season
Published: Thursday, February 2nd, 2017 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Influenza activity and flu-related deaths are rising in North Carolina as the peak of the 2016-17 flu season nears
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 @ 11:57 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory joined local and state officials to break ground on a new green storage facility for the U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Facility in Person County today.
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 2:50 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state's first death from flu for the 2016-2017 flu season
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 3:51 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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As flu season approaches, state health officials encourage North Carolina residents to protect themselves by being vaccinated against the flu.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 10:29 am
By: Russell Allen
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The PBA series is about the United States following the Truman Doctrine of being the world's policeman. After World War II we as a country decided that we could not sit by and wait for things to boil over into another World War. We would be the parent to the whole world.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 12:44 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Following the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), joint with other senators, on a bipartisan letter addressed to United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 @ 1:39 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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In the future, if you want your brain fixed, you will find lots of people capable of fixing it. If you want your furnace fixed, you are going to be left out in the cold.
Published: Monday, May 16th, 2016 @ 12:16 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Due to the decrease in flu activity and viral respiratory illnesses, Vidant Health is lifting the temporary visitor restrictions for those 12 and younger visiting James and Connie Maynard Children's Hospital at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 4:11 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory urges all North Carolinians to protect themselves from the flu by receiving a vaccine and taking other precautions to protect against the spread of the virus.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 1:43 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state's first death from flu for the 2015-2016 influenza season. An adult in the western region of the state died last week of complications from an influenza infection. (To protect the family's privacy, the person's...
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 9:26 am
By: Chris Downey
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The flu vaccine is the most effective method to prevent the spread of influenza. Vidant Health is committed to protecting its employees, patients and the community by offering flu shot clinics through November. Community members, ages 9 and up, may receive the flu shot for a $30 fee. The flu mist...
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 11:16 am
By: Chris Downey
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As flu season approaches, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging all North Carolina residents to protect themselves by getting vaccinated against the flu.
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 @ 5:18 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing questioned members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the Avian Influenza Epidemic.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 10:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two of the state's most powerful lawmakers are perplexed that their education reform bill passed unanimously in the House but immediately was assigned to the Senate's Ways and Means Committee, a graveyard for legislation.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This is a Princeton study done recently which shows how we have gotten out of touch between the US public and all our Representatives
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2015 @ 3:46 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Influenza has reached epidemic levels in the United States, with a total of 90 people who have died from flu-related causes in North Carolina. Despite concerns that this year's vaccine is not effective against all strains, health officials still indicate that vaccination is the best protection...
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 12:20 am
By: ECU News Services
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As flu season is progressing, we want to make you aware that the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services continues to update its flu web page, www.flu.nc.gov, to ensure we are providing the most current information to the public, media and healthcare providers in an easily accessible manner.
Published: Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recent news about the emergence of a mutated flu virus should serve as a wakeup call to those who haven't gotten a flu vaccination this year, according to Dr. Paul Cook, infectious diseases specialist at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. And despite speculation that the...
Published: Sunday, December 14th, 2014 @ 12:19 am
By: ECU News Services
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Time is running out to get vaccinated before the expected peak of flu season, health officials say. The flu has hit hardest in late December and early January over the past few years, said Anita Valiani, an epidemiologist with the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 @ 9:35 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa and the few recent infections in the United States have alarmed many Americans. Considering how modern transportation and technology have made the wide world into a smaller place, Americans should be concerned.
Published: Friday, November 14th, 2014 @ 10:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Burkert Contromatic Corporation (dba Burkert Fluid Control Systems) is planning to expand in Mecklenburg County and create 61 new jobs. The company plans to invest...
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
By: Chris Downey
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