COVID-19

Coronavirus FAQ: I didn't get the latest COVID vaccine. Should I? And if so ... when?

1:35pm December 06, 2024

If you haven't rolled up your sleeve for the jab, you're not alone. In fact, you're in the majority. Here's why doctors think the shot is important.

A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. MARY CONLON/AP

Health & Safety

Winston-Salem's A Blessing Connection Center will host a vaccine clinic

1:50pm November 18, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

A Winston-Salem nonprofit will offer free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured individuals.

Health & Safety

As weather cools, public health officials remind residents to prepare for rise in COVID cases

2:58pm October 22, 2024

by April Laissle

COVID-19 cases are down in the region after a slight uptick during the summer, according to the latest wastewater data. But public health officials say residents can start preparing now for the typical winter spike.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 86% of new COVID-19 cases stem from the latest mutation, JN.1. The most recent COVID vaccines are expected to help lower chances of serious illness or hospitalization from JN.1.

Health & Safety

COVID-19 still on the rise in the Triad as the end of summer nears

2:35pm August 29, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

With the end of summer on the horizon, a local health expert explains why COVID-19 numbers in the the Triad are on the rise and what people can do to avoid getting sick.

A new round of free COVID tests is coming soon

2:48pm August 24, 2024

Starting in late September, Americans will be able to order up to four free at-home COVID-19 tests that will be delivered to your mailbox. The tests will be able to detect newer variants of the virus.

John Lansing, the steady CEO who led NPR through the pandemic's crises, dies at 67

1:22pm August 16, 2024

Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.

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Health & Safety

Researchers decipher MIS-C, the scary illness that followed COVID in some kids

4:18pm August 08, 2024

by Maria Godoy

Some children who had COVID developed a severe inflammatory response that could put them in the ICU. Scientists have learned why it happens.

Health & Safety

COVID-19 cases on the rise in the Triad

5:26pm July 31, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

A summertime rise in COVID-19 cases brought on by increased travel and extended time spent indoors has caught the attention of health care workers in the Piedmont Triad.

Politics & Government

North Carolina governor vetoes masks bill largely because of provision about campaign finance

3:53pm June 21, 2024

by Associated Press

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a North Carolina masking bill that previously removed a pandemic-era exemption that allowed people to mask in public for health reasons. That provision was later changed after pushback to include language that protects masking for health purposes. But Cooper said his veto of the bill Friday was mostly for a different reason. Cooper and Democrats objected to a campaign finance provision tacked onto the end of the bill that could allow wealthy donors to give money to federal political committees that can then donate to state parties.

Arts

How the pandemic led this documentary photographer to make her work more collaborative

11:07am June 09, 2024

Photographer Ashima Yadava captures a moment in time during the 2020 pandemic through her collaboration with people she took portraits of.