More than 750 people took a shot to the arm Oct. 8 during the first of four flu vaccination clinics scheduled at East Carolina University this fall.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 3:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state's first flu death for the 2014-2015 flu season. An elementary school-aged child in the Triangle region of the State died last week because of complications from an influenza infection. The child was at risk for complications fro
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 4:47 am
By: Chris Downey
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services today confirmed the presence of enterovirus D68, or EV-D68, in six patients from North Carolina. The specimens that tested positive for EV-D68 were obtained from children ages 10 and under with respiratory illnesses. Testing was conducted at the...
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 3:01 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The U. S. Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 in the Hobby Lobby religious freedom case to support this retail company's first amendment right to hold certain religious and ethical beliefs over the will of the federal government's police power directed by a poorly written, and inconsistently enforced law.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Asked about the bipartisan absence of House members, putting Republicans in the same camp as Democrats against a conservative cause, Collins said, "Yes, to me it's an embarrassment to conservatives whenever we are mandating things on the private market."
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Flu activity and viral respiratory illnesses are widespread in our community.
Published: Thursday, February 6th, 2014 @ 12:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Due to increased flu activity, Vidant Health is holding a free flu clinic for anyone that may still need a flu shot. No appointment is necessary, but quantities are limited.
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 12:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With flu cases already appearing in our state, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos is encouraging all North Carolinians to protect themselves by getting the flu vaccine.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 4:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On March 29, 2013 at approximately 12:15 a.m., Sgt. Ernest Moore with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division observed a vehicle make an unsafe movement on Highway 264 West of Washington.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 1:52 am
By: Chris Downey
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Vidant Health completed its first mandatory influenza vaccination program in November, and more than 99.9 percent of Vidant Health employees across the system received the vaccine.
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 11:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As I saw Sandra Fluke hob-nobbing around the Anointed One and his henchmen at the Democrat Convention (and since), I couldn't help but think about Monica L. and all that connotes.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 12:11 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Remarkably, Sandra Fluke (pronounced Sandra Fluck), who is best known as the Georgetown law student who publicly fretted that Republicans, if elected en masse, would deny her current 3,000.00 stipend of annual contraception, spoke in prime time at the Democrat National Convention.
Published: Thursday, September 6th, 2012 @ 1:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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