Many immigrants work as frontline essential workers, and health leaders and immigration advocates are working now to ease concerns and distrust around the vaccine.
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Nearly 350 UNC students and employees have tested positive for COVID so far this month
UNC required all undergraduate students to provide a negative COVID-19 test result before returning to Chapel Hill or moving into campus dorms.
Biden order to OSHA on COVID-19 a ‘game changer’ for NC workers, advocates say
North Carolina Labor Department has been reluctant to issue orders or investigate complaints. That seems likely to change if new OSHA rules are put in place, labor activists say.
Is it too late to get a flu shot? How might it interfere with the COVID-19 vaccine?
The CDC says the flu shot is “more important than ever” this season, but you should pay attention to the timing when getting your coronavirus vaccine.
NC reports over 7,000 new COVID cases and over 100 deaths for second day in a row
It’s the seventh time in January that the state has reported over 100 deaths in a day.
Time to take charge of your health
Staying active during this pandemic is very important even if it is just within the home, walk around the house, move from room to room. Walk in place. Start to do some exercises. 400,000 Americans have perished due to the COVID-19 virus. It is not a secret that the virus has laid bare the fact that many people of color are not as healthy as they perhaps should be. There are institutional changes in health care that must take place to correct inequities, but there are things that can be done right now to help make your health better. There are things now that can help you save yourself and your family. With COVID-19 wreaking havoc, many people are afraid to leave their homes. As Americans try to navigate and survive this pandemic, many have decreased their physical activity. Staying active is very important even if it is just …
Movie Review: Locked Down
Turning desperate, the couple plans a theft from Harrods — arguably Europe’s most famous department store, It may be 2021’s first viable COVID-themed movie. Hopefully it’s not the best audiences can expect. Anyone who has been locked down, pent up, frustrated and emotionally frayed will relate. Life with the virus has been hard and the light at the end of the tunnel is tiny. And so, British screenwriter Steven Knight (Oscar nominated Dirty Pretty Things) pumps out this ode to imprisonment with little flair, not much depth, lots of dialogue, no grasp of one specific genre and unlovable characters. For good measure, in the middle of what is a tiresome couple’s personal drama, he tosses in a caper. Tonal issues and plausibility be damned. Bringing Knight’s vision to life is the well-respected director Doug Liman, whose reputation started with the hip-to-be-cool Swingers in 1996, includes the thriller The …
Biden Urges Unity
The U.S. Capitol Building, pre-inauguration. Two weeks ago, domestic terrorists failed in an attempt to seize the Capitol and harm government officials who were carrying out the duties of ceremonially counting Electoral College votes. Five people died, including a Capitol Police Officer, due to injuries sustained during the attempted seditious insurrection. Getty Images. Two-thirds of the country gave a huge sigh of relief Wednesday morning as Joe Biden was sworn-in as the 46th President of the United States ending the four-year term of possibly the worst president of the United States – Donald J. Trump. January 20, 2021 was a cold and overcast Inauguration Day in Washington D.C., until the sun popped out just before Biden’s swearing-in. The crowd in a city that has been locked down because of the dual threats of the coronavirus pandemic and the potential for domestic terrorism was smaller than usual and socially distanced. …
LabCorp is studying COVID-19 mutations. Can it improve US tracking of the virus?
North Carolina-based LabCorp hopes to improve the United States’ ability to track changes in COVID-19.
‘Kind of a crapshoot:’ Frustrated NC seniors navigate fractured COVID vaccine process
With the process different at hospitals and health departments, one resident compared getting an appointment to playing roulette. “It’s like playing a slot machine continually, trying to hit a jackpot.”