By Christina Haley O Neal, posted Feb 15, 2021
Michael Jordan has made a $10 million gift to Novant Medical Foundation to establish two medical clinics in New Hanover County. (Photo courtesy of Novant Health) Pro basketball star and Wilmington native Michael Jordan has made a $10 million gift to the Novant Health Foundation to open two medical clinics in New Hanover County, according to a news release Monday.
The two new clinics are slated to open in early 2022, Novant Health officials said in the release.
“I am very proud to once again partner with Novant Health to expand the Family Clinic model to bring better access to critical medical services in my hometown,” Jordan said in the release. “Everyone should have access to quality health care, no matter where they live, or whether or not they have insurance. Wilmington holds a special place in my heart and it’s truly gratifying to be able to give back to the community that supported me throughout my
Identification is not required when you arrive at a COVID-19 vaccination at the time of a vaccine appointment.
According to New Hanover Chief Communications Officer Jessica Loeper, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has provided guidance to counties that identification is not required at the time of vaccination, so New Hanover County Public Health does not require an identification card, like a driver’s license, to be vaccinated at one of their sites.
Loeper said to remember, however, that the county does require appointments for vaccines, so when someone arrives at the site they provide their name and Public Health s registration staff confirms they are in the right place at the right time for their vaccine.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY—While teachers become eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Feb. 24, adding them and other school employees to the vaccination schedule…
Flu deaths in North Carolina have dwindled from the hundreds to just four so far this season. New Hanover Regional Medical Center is seeing the lowest levels of influenza on record. (Port City Daily photo/Hannah Leyva)
WILMINGTON Health officials around the globe are seeing the flu and other respiratory illnesses subside as people stay home, hand-wash more intently and don masks in public during the Covid-19 pandemic.
These precautionary practices – dubbed “the 3Ws” by North Carolina’s top health official Dr. Mandy Cohen – are preventing people from catching less contagious respiratory diseases than Covid-19, while still slowing the spread of the new deadly virus that has infiltrated life over the past year.