Wildfires in North and South Carolina fueled by drought, wind and fallen trees from Hurricane Helene
Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina, where ...
‘We pray about it every day’: This North Carolina farmer with 1.6 million hens — producing 1.2 million eggs per day — gives unique insight into America’s egg short…
Egg prices have surged 50% as bird flu forces farmers to cull millions of hens. Alex Simpson, the President of Simpson Eggs, ...
The Bird Flu Virus Is Mutating Fast – And Scientists Say Our Vaccines May Not Be Enough
H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...
Flu deaths surpass 400 in state
The latest figures from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says there has been 423 flu deaths since ...
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H5N1 influenza viral lineages beginning to evade human immunological defenses, UNC Charlotte research finds
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...
WS Chronicle8d
Flu cases surge in W-S: Choosing the right care can make all the difference
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, flu-related hospitalizations and emergency room ...
Health officials report uptick in whooping cough cases in North Carolina
The state is seeing an uptick in reported cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. A doctor with ECU Health says the ...
WLWT18d
Flu activity drops for the third week, CDC data shows
Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.