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Four judges who won statewide elections in 2020 (along with former state Rep. Darren Jackson who was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper to fill the seat vacated by Justice Phil Berger Jr. when he won a seat on the Supreme Court) were sworn in to the state Court of Appeals at an investiture ceremony Thursday. It is the first time the appellate court (which has 15 judges in all) has welcomed so many new judges at the same time since its formation in 1967. The court, which normally sits in panels of thr...

 E-Mail (Boston)--The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to cause dramatic shifts in the practice of otolaryngology. Even with standard precautions such as physical distancing and wearing personal protective equipment, aerosol-generating procedures such as nasolaryngoscopy (a commonly performed in-office procedure in which a soft, flexible fiber-scope is passed through the nose and into the throat) and intranasal instrumentation were determined to carry a risk of potential transmission if not ade...