Greensboro gets federal funding to launch innovation district
The City of Greensboro is getting $3 million in federal funding to help launch an innovation district to lure high-tech businesses and advanced manufacturing to downtown.
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NC health secretary says priorities may change as COVID indicators fall
The head of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says the agency will change its approach to COVID as certain indicators decline.
Report: More women are needed to take part in clinical trials for heart disease
A Cone Health cardiologist is urging more women to take part in clinical heart disease trials to help reduce death rates.
Report finds Thomasville nursing home didn't follow plan during snowstorm emergency
A state health official told lawmakers that a Thomasville nursing home put residents at risk during a January snowstorm.
NC health department leader asks FDA to end 'discriminatory' blood donation policy
North Carolina's top health official has joined an effort to end a federal blood donation policy that he calls “discriminatory” against gay men.
Piedmont Opera presents 'Ragtime'
Ragtime, the multiple Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning musical with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty, a
Winston-Salem YMCA has ties to Ukraine and is offering support
The YMCA of Northwest North Carolina has a decades-long connection with YMCA Ukraine. The ongoing refugee crisis there is being aided 5,000 miles away here in the Piedmont Triad.