Health

Dogs All Day on Old Pineville Road has a sign on its door saying it is closed for daycare until further notice because of a canine cough outbreak.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says an adult in the western part of the state died due to the flu during the third week of October.

The North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer says hospitals in our state have made millions in profit on Medicare.

”We are seeing an already busy hospital even busier,” Norton Chief Hospital Officer Charlotte Ipsan said. “So definitely we are seeing it and feeling it.”

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the VA wants to remind everyone that Breast Cancer is the second leading cause of death in women and the most common cancer affecting women in the United States.

Dr. Carrie Watson said many crashes can be prevented by following a few simple safety tips.

Pineville Rehabilitation and Living Center has a five-star rating from the federal agency that oversees nursing home quality. Despite that, state inspectors found 126 pages of violations during an inspection in July 2022 after complaints stemming from a woman who didn't receive proper medical treatment and ended up in the hospital.

The new booster is becoming available in North Carolina following the FDA's emergency use authorization and the CDC’s recommendation.

A shooting took place across campus from a Cleveland County elementary school on Thursday morning.

The Cabarrus Health Alliance (CHA) and the Healthy Cabarrus Substance Use Coalition were awarded a five year Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant

A representative from The Blood Connection, a nonprofit community blood center servicing the Carolinas and Georgia, said that blood centers are currently dealing with a donor shortage.

The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Child Health Recognition Awards program honored the Rowan County Health Department (RCHD) for their partnership with Main Street Marketplace in China Grove to combat childhood obesity and nutrition insecurity through a pilot mobile food pharmacy program.

Parents and employers wanting to use the apps need to register through the state.

So far this year, the state has confirmed nine cases of West Nile Virus.

Mecklenburg County health officials are alerting residents to be cautious as there are now two confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus in the county.

To increase participation in the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, the W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) has launched a new education campaign intended to reach Persian Gulf War and Post-9/11 Veterans and Servicemembers.

More than 150 South Carolinians have reached out to the WBTV Investigates Team about their tax refunds or paychecks being garnished to offset unpaid medical debt at hospitals. More than one third of them said they received no advanced warning of the upcoming garnishment, as required by state law.

The new bivalent booster is now available at Rowan County Public Health.

RAO Community Health, in partnership with Cabarrus Health Alliance and the Boys & Girls Club of Cabarrus County, is hosting a “Care Village” to help create a nutritious, physical, and equitable community by addressing health disparities in Cabarrus County.

September is National Senior Center Month and a time to celebrate Older Adults. Every day, Senior Centers across the nation offer programs and services for older adults

Duke University President Vincent E. Price visited Duke’s clinical research office at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis today

According to the FDA, Mother’s Touch Formula has the potential to cause nutrient deficiencies or toxicity in infants.

Once up to full staff, Piedmont Medical will employ about 500 people.

The booster is a combination of the old vaccine and a new one aimed at the new, more contagious Omicron subvariant BA.5.

According to MCSO, an inmate was seen during a scheduled health and physical examination where they were diagnosed.

Catawba College is excited to launch an Exercise is Medicine® program. Catawba joins 196 other colleges and universities in the United States recognized as an Exercise is Medicine® On-Campus (EIM-OC) campus.

Rowan County Public Health, along with various community partners, is hosting a hybrid Monkeypox Town Hall on Wednesday September 7th from 5:30 to 7 pm at Rowan County DSS (1813 East Innes Street).

Both counties offer vaccine assistance and resources amid the new cases.

In a press from his office, Congressman Ted Budd announced a significant grant that Budd says will be used to fight drug abuse in Rowan County.

Some of us might not know those tests have an expiration date, and that expiration date has either passed or is fast approaching.