Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic? There are ways to reduce risk, but health experts advise avoiding it when possible. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says holiday shopping in crowded […]
RIO DE JANEIRO — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced the launch on Dec. 4 of a COVID-19 testing pilot program in the state’s K-12 public schools. According to the press release […]
RALEIGH — With a COVID-19 vaccine being approved late last week, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has laid out a phased approach for vaccination across the state. It was announced on […]
Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic? Health experts say outdoor dining tents are generally safer than dining inside, but caution that they’re not all equal. Many restaurants are erecting […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hundreds more U.S. hospitals geared up to vaccinate their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine needed to boost the nation’s largest vaccination campaign. The […]
RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper, N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services secretary Mandy Cohen and N.C. Dept. of Public Safety secretary Erik Hooks wrote a letter to local elected officials again asking them to […]
RALEIGH — Slowing the spread of COVID-19 is not translating well as an app, according to numbers obtained by North State Journal with around 540,000 downloads since launching three months ago. The N.C. Department of […]
RALEIGH — The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina won’t implement Gov. Roy Cooper’s new executive order on virus restrictions. Principal Chief Richard Sneed announced Friday the tribe won’t adopt Cooper’s latest […]
Hospital workers begin unloading precious frozen vials of COVID-19 vaccine Monday, with the first vaccinations against a scourge that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans expected later in the day. “It feels like the cavalry is […]
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