By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven From tight living quarters to high rates of chronic illnesses to no sick leave protections, immigrant farm workers have found themselves in particularly vulnerable positions as the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout North Carolina. During the summer of 2020, hundreds of farm workers fell ill at more than 30 farms as COVID ripped […]
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Tired of seeing barriers disrupt mental health support for students, this district redesigned its process
By Rupen Fofaria, EdNC Lauren Cappola knew she was sounding repetitive, but she felt compelled to ask the same question of her colleagues everywhere she went across the state: How are you connecting children with the mental health services they need? As director of counseling services for Harnett County Schools, and a former counselor herself, […]
Hospitals Recruit International Nurses to Fill Pandemic Shortages
Nick Ehli BILLINGS, Mont. — Just before Mary Venus was offered a nursing position at a clinic in this article, she’d never listened to of Billings or visited the United States. A indigenous of the Philippines, she investigated her future go by means of the world wide web, set aside her angst about the cold […]
Training teens to take COVID vaccine messages to their communities
By Anne Blythe Gabrielle Maradiaga Panayotti is a Duke pediatrician who readily acknowledges that she can encourage teens to get vaccinated and give them all the reasons why she thinks they should, but the reality is that their peers are likely to have more influence. That’s why LATIN-19, an organization that Maradiaga Panayotti and other […]
Study: COVID Vaccination Not Tied to Preterm Birth | Healthiest Communities Health News
New evidence supports recommendations by health officials to get vaccinated against COVID-19 during pregnancy, with researchers finding that the shot is not associated with an increased risk of two adverse birth outcomes. An analysis published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy was not associated with a higher […]
Coronavirus Today – Jan 4
By Anne Blythe As public health officials predicted in late December, North Carolina is seeing the Omicron variant of COVID-19 bring record-high cases counts and putting strains on systems across the state. Finding COVID-19 tests has become difficult again. Rapid tests are in short supply. Many testing sites have long lines and time-consuming waits. On […]