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…
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…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) received word that it was awarded re-accreditation with honors from the NC Local Health Department Accreditation program. The recognition signifies that the Department excelled in its recent accreditation assessment along…
Pittsboro, NC – The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has reported Chatham County’s first confirmed case of monkeypox. To protect privacy and in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Chatham…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) will be offering the QuitSmart program this fall to help Chatham County residents quit using tobacco. Tobacco use is “the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) began offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 6 months to 5 years on Friday, June 24, and will continue to offer the vaccine weekly for all individuals ages…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Education in a special called session Thursday, Feb. 24, voted 4-1 to affirm its plan and timeline to transition to optional masking inside school buildings beginning Monday, March 7, 2022. This decision…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department is providing the following updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccination. Data Update As of Tuesday, November 30th: More than 7,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Chatham…
Pittsboro, NC – On Tuesday, November 2, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all children ages 5-11 years old receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This decision was based on strong evidence showing the Pfizer COVID-19 pediatric…