School staff, mental health professionals and the community can learn how to expand support for K-12 students and families experiencing mental and behavioral health issues in a webinar from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 15.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 1:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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This winter and spring, 130 public schools across North Carolina will receive mental and behavioral health training and consultation through the North Carolina Psychiatry Access Line (NC-PAL).
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 1:24 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The effort is part of the Department’s ongoing commitment to language access.
Published: Thursday, February 24th, 2022 @ 3:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. Kinsley provided an update on the state’s COVID-19 metrics and trends.
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2022 @ 11:35 am
By: Governor's Office
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COVID-19 Situation Update: February 16
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 9:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recommends Students Be Excluded from School Only When Sick or Test Positive for COVID-19
Published: Sunday, February 13th, 2022 @ 5:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With COVID-19 cases reaching record highs last month, North Carolina laboratories reported 2,627,371 tests performed across the state during the month of January.
Published: Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 @ 3:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This news release from N.C. Senate Republicans arrived this morning in my in box.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Outgoing N.C. Health Secretary Mandy Cohen told lawmakers recently that schools could still close in the event of a COVID infection surge this winter.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 5:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper, NC DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen and State Health Director Dr. Betsey Tilson sent a letter to school boards that have failed to adopt the StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit urging them to protect their students and staff in the new school year.
Published: Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 12:24 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In response to actions taken by the Union County Board of Education, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued a letter to the Board’s Chair outlining required COVID-19 control measures all schools in the state must implement to protect student, staff and community health.
Published: Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 @ 10:05 pm
By: Announcements
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COVID-19 Situation Update: August 11
Published: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 @ 1:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has selected two medical testing vendors with experience operating K-12 testing programs
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 9:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited a vaccine clinic at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health to encourage more North Carolinians get their COVID-19 vaccine.
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 8:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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60% of North Carolinians over 18 have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
Published: Monday, August 9th, 2021 @ 6:30 pm
By: Governor's Office
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COVID-19 Situation Update: July 21
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2021 @ 8:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCACC Weekly Update — July 23
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 10:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today Governor Roy Cooper announced that he signed an Executive Order to extend a variety of measures currently in place to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic until July 30.
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Cohen announced an accelerated vaccine timeline.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 2:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper is further easing restrictions on state residents and businesses that began one year ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 11:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State’s trends continue to move in the right direction and key indicators used to inform decisions throughout the pandemic remain stable
Published: Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 @ 11:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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COVID-19 Situation Update: March 9
Published: Friday, March 12th, 2021 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As the N.C. State Board of Education votes Thursday, March 4, to reopen schools, a far-left teachers’ union is trying to deny that children are suffering from learning loss.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 7:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will be expanding access to COVID-19 rapid testing in K-12 public schools to protect students, teachers and staff from COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @ 4:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCDHHS will be expanding access to COVID-19 rapid testing in K-12 public schools to protect students, teachers and staff from COVID-19.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 6:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the state House approved House Bill 128 to increase the number of spectators allowed to attend North Carolina school sporting events and graduation ceremonies.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 10:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, the state has provided personal protective equipment to schools around the state as preparations continues
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 @ 9:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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People are scratching their heads over the state’s health guidance about how schools can safely reopen.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 @ 10:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Guidance formed through collaborative process with DHHS and School Leaders
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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