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COVID-19 cases dwindled further in Catawba County, with about 70 new cases reported in Catawba County in the past two weeks. A week earlier, the 14-day total was around 200
A state health official told lawmakers that a Thomasville nursing home put residents at risk during a January snowstorm. An investigation found Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center failed to follow its own emergency plan. Inspectors found eight of the most serious types of infractions, those that can put residents in immediate jeopardy.
North Carolina’s top health official has joined an effort to end a federal blood donation policy that he calls “discriminatory” against gay men. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley has asked the Food and Drug Administration to remove a policy that requires a three-month waiting period for sexually active gay men to donate blood.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a summit on the mental health needs of minority college students. The department is teaming up with historically Black colleges and universities for Wednesday’s discussions. The online summit is called Peeling Back The Layers On Minority Mental Health. The purpose is to assess in-depth the needs of minority students and faculty, and how best to address the mental health aspects of the pandemic.
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper encouraged schools and local governments to end their mask mandates in a Feb. 17 press conference.