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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today updated its weekly Respiratory Virus Summary Dashboard, which shows high volumes of people being seen in hospital emergency departments with respiratory illness symptoms across North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 11:22 pm
By: ENC NOW
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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: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced changes to its COVID-19 dashboard and state-funded testing sites as the federal public health emergency comes to an end May 11, 2023
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 8:31 am
By: ENC NOW
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The White House will reportedly disband its COVID response team when the public health emergency ends in May, according to a report.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 7:58 am
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently co-introduced the Public Health and Border Security Act, legislation that would require all COVID-related national states of emergency to be lifted before Title 42 is officially terminated
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 4:08 am
By: ENC NOW
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The Biden administration is considering a public health emergency declaration regarding abortion, according to a recent report.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 2:51 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Biden White House announced Wednesday that it is extending the COVID public health emergency for another 90 days following increased cases of the latest subvariant.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 11:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Health Sciences students join forces for interprofessional medical emergency training
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2022 @ 10:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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In response to rising mental health needs, another resource is available to behavioral health patients at emergency departments across the state.
Published: Friday, September 9th, 2022 @ 8:35 am
By: ENC NOW
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The masks are off in most parts of the nation, but it appears as though the Biden administration will extend the COVID public health emergency declaration past the current mid-October deadline.
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2022 @ 10:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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Monkeypox cases continue to rise in New York City, prompting officials to declare a public health emergency on Saturday while estimating that approximately 150,000 Big Apple residents face possible exposure.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 9:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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San Francisco will hold an annual sexual festival popular among gay men this weekend even though the city declared a local health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak earlier this week.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 3:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared monkeypox a global health emergency, which the group’s director says is spreading “rapidly through new modes of transmission” around the world.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 11:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the approval of its staffing support request, in partnership with Atrium Health, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 11:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 numbers are down across the board, yet the governor and health secretary continue to encourage people to wear masks and to follow a two-year-old emergency order.
Published: Saturday, November 20th, 2021 @ 7:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced four new locations offering monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for treatment of COVID-19 managed by local organizations in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Published: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 @ 5:34 pm
By: Announcements
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As Vidant Health continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across North Carolina, we are taking steps to ensure the safety of all.
Published: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 @ 1:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is no underlying logic to drive this effort to vaccinate everyone, but it is the US where we have this unique vaccine-exclusive strategy. It's unprecedented and it's costing hundreds of thousands of lives.
Published: Monday, September 20th, 2021 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Woodard
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As Vidant Health continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across North Carolina, we are taking steps to ensure the safety of all.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 10:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Vidant Health continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across North Carolina, we are taking steps to ensure the safety of all.
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 treatment tested by ECU, Vidant receives FDA emergency use authorization
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 9:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Benefits (NC Medicaid) is extending temporary provider rate increases related to COVID-19 through the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency, which goes through Jan. 21, 2021.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 3:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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WIC remains open to serve eligible families, with some modifications in how services are provided in response to COVID-19.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 11:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC Medicaid beneficiaries on the NC Innovations Waiver who are attending school virtually due to the COVID-19 public health emergency can now receive waiver support during remote learning.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 5:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new, expedited reimbursement program
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to the North Carolina Division of Public Health (DPH), there have been 1,205 heat-related hospital emergency department visits reported since May 1, 2020.
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 @ 5:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced that child protective services and adult protective services workers are designated as first responders.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 5:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Senate committee passed protection for direct primary care providers and discussed regulatory reforms to prepare hospitals and other health care workers for the second wave of the coronavirus.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 5:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Due to the national health emergency caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 Virus, commonly known as the Coronavirus, the North Carolina Republican Party has rescheduled its annual State Republican Convention to July 9-12 in Greenville, North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 4:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I hoped, when Gov. Cooper declared a public health emergency March 14, that he was also planning ways to reduce spending to offset some of the lost sales and income tax revenue.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 12:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support the state’s behavioral health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 1:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Due to the national health emergency caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 Virus, commonly known as the Coronavirus, the North Carolina Republican Party has rescheduled its annual State Republican Convention to June 4-7 in Greenville, North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, March 29th, 2020 @ 1:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The fight against coronavirus will be a long haul, Gov. Roy Cooper and health officials said after declaring a state of emergency Tuesday, March 10.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2020 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Beaufort County’s Health Department, along with various supporting agencies have been and will continue to monitor impacts of the COVID-19, Coronavirus.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 @ 2:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is among states rated as high performers in public health emergency preparedness measures by a nonpartisan, nonprofit that advocates for optimal health for people and communities through prevention of illness and injuries.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Russia has closed its border with China.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 12:17 pm
By: LifeZette
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Officials from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Department of Public Safety will be participating with federal, state and local officials in a multi-state Ebola virus disease emergency preparedness exercise Nov. 4–8, 2019.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In accordance with section 116 of division A of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (H.R. 4378; the “Act”), I hereby designate as emergency requirements all funding
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 3:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to the Division of Public Health, there were 3,150 heat-related hospital emergency department visits reported from May 1 to Aug. 10, due to the combination of heat and humidity — particularly during periods of extreme heat.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 4:42 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Venezuela entered its fourth day of blackouts in an "electricity crisis" that plunged most of the country's 23 states, including the state home to the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, into complete darkness.
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 @ 2:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reminding North Carolinians that more than $30 million in funds are available for families who need emergency help heating their homes through the Crisis Intervention Program
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 @ 6:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has $43.9 million available from the Administration for Children and Families to support the Crisis Intervention Program in state fiscal year 2018-19
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 12:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina health officials are alerting the public to a recent increase in emergency department visits by people who reported using cannabidiol (CBD) oil or a similar product in electronic cigarettes and/or vaporizing pens
Published: Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 @ 9:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Tuesday marks the expiration of the President’s public health emergency to combat the opioid crisis, Governor Roy Cooper urged Congress to take action on the recommendations of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2018 @ 4:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded President Trump’s declaration of the opioid epidemic as a public health emergency
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 11:48 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Roy Cooper released the following statment today on the President's declaration of a public health emergency
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 11:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is sending a mobile, five-bed emergency department, a six-bed in-patient ward and diagnostic equipment to Florida's Marathon Key after Hurricane Irma heavily damaged a 25-bed hospital
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 @ 10:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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