By Terry Schmidt Pittsboro, NC – While the weather so far in North Carolina has been just hot, it seems to be a-changin. Are you ready for severe weather or hurricanes? Check out the Chatham CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)…
Siler City, NC – Starting on September 9, the Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) will be presenting a new series of free childbirth classes, open to anyone, in partnership with the UNC Health Chatham Maternity Care Center. The classes…
Charlotte, NC – This summer has seen extreme heat linger over a large swath of the country. As student athletes begin to prepare for the upcoming fall season, coaches are reminded that heat and humidity can be especially hazardous for…
Pittsboro, NC – Maia Fulton-Black, MPH, Population Health Data Scientist for the Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD), has received the 2023 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Presidential Priority Award. Fulton-Black presented at the annual CSTE Conference last…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Health announced its annual award winners on Monday, May 22, 2023, honoring both an employee and community partner who excelled in improving and contributing to the county’s public health in the past…
By Monique Chireau Wubbenhorst Raleigh, NC – An African proverb says, “In any abortion, one person is killed, another is injured, and a third gets paid.” This sums up the reality of what abortion is, and why I, as a practicing gynecologist, support protecting unborn children. Abortion has caused deep…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Ticks may be small, but they can cause big problems for those who come into contact with them. In Chatham County, North Carolina, tick-related incidents are on the rise, leaving many residents puzzled about…
Nearly as many Americans believe someone close to them died from side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine as died from the disease itself. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 11% of American Adults say a member…
By Kevin Roche If we should have learned anything from the epidemic, it is that most of the tactics that supposedly would suppress the virus–school and business closures, plastic barriers, social distancing and masking; made no impact on spread in…
Pittsboro, NC – Weekly cases of COVID-19 are trending up in Chatham County, with the county reaching the High level of community transmission as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the week of January 5, 2023. Preliminary…