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January 17, 2021

Testing

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NCDHHS launches COVID-19 testing pilot in NC public schools

December 16, 2020 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

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White House Coronavirus Task Force member shares COVID-19 testing, flu updates

October 14, 2020 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — For the past seven months, the coronavirus pandemic has touched every corner of American life and even reached the halls of the West Wing. Yet during that timeframe, the president’s Coronavirus Task Force […]

News

NCDHHS says 200,000 reported tests originated out-of-state, creating data discrepancy

August 13, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – The N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday corrections to the state’s daily and cumulative completed COVID-19 test counts after a data discrepancy between electronic and manual reporting of testing […]

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Latino leaders urge better promotion of free virus tests

August 4, 2020 Anita Snow, Associated Press

PHOENIX — When some 45,000 coronavirus test kits went unused during a 12-day testing blitz in Phoenix’s hardest-hit Latino neighborhoods, it was clear Arizona health officials failed to adequately spread the word to a community […]

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FDA approves Quest COVID-19 test for ‘pooled’ sample use

July 19, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency approval to a new approach to coronavirus testing that combines test samples in batches instead of running them one by one, speeding up the […]

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Blame game over COVID-19 toll in nursing homes

June 16, 2020 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of Americans who […]

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Congressman reaffirms North Carolina metrics had issues prior to reopening

June 11, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — On Thursday June 11, Congressman Dr. Greg Murphy (R-03) highlighted concerns voiced by White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx about North Carolina’s rising metrics and N.C. Department of Health and Human […]

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Updated education omnibus bill includes an earlier school year start date

April 25, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A draft omnibus bill was unanimously supported by the education working group of the House Select Committee on COVID-19 unanimously during their April 23 meeting. The omnibus contains waivers and policy fixes to […]

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Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy

April 17, 2020 Zeke Miller, Alan Suderman and Kevin Freking, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a phased and deliberate approach” to restoring normal activity in places […]

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K-12 officials ask COVID-19 committee for accountability waivers

April 15, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Education voted to ask the N.C. General Assembly’s COVID-19 House Select Committee for waivers involving various state education accountability requirements for the 2019-2020 academic year […]

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