/tags/infectious-disease Infectious Disease en-US Copyright Fri, 23 Aug 2024 20:09:22 GMT /health/2024-08-23/mpox-monkeypox-unc-doctor-prevention The number of mpox cases, formerly known as monkeypox, is low in North Carolina. But a different, more contagious, type of the virus continues to spread in other parts of the world. A UNC doctor explains the differences between the two and how to mitigate the spread of the one that’s already here. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 20:09:22 GMT /health/2024-08-23/mpox-monkeypox-unc-doctor-prevention Will Michaels /health/2022-06-23/first-monkeypox-case-reported-north-carolina-cdc Since May, there have been 156 cases identified in the U.S. Worldwide, there have been 3,308 cases. There have been no deaths related to this outbreak. Thu, 23 Jun 2022 19:43:40 GMT /health/2022-06-23/first-monkeypox-case-reported-north-carolina-cdc Joe Jurney /arts-culture/2020-03-25/stay-home-wash-your-hands-and-press-play-on-these-disease-movies Who are we when faced with widespread contagion? Disease and humanity’s varied responses to sickness are on full-display in cinema – from zombie flicks to… Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:45:00 GMT /arts-culture/2020-03-25/stay-home-wash-your-hands-and-press-play-on-these-disease-movies Grant Holub-Moorman, Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-25/stay-home-wash-your-hands-and-press-play-on-these-disease-movies Who are we when faced with widespread contagion? Disease and humanity’s varied responses to sickness are on full-display in cinema – from zombie flicks to… Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:45:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-25/stay-home-wash-your-hands-and-press-play-on-these-disease-movies Grant Holub-Moorman, Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /environment/2020-01-30/2019-sets-the-nc-record-for-the-warmest-year Many people could have worn flip-flops in the last days of 2019. The week before New Year’s Eve featured 70 degree days — but it was not a fluke.… Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:13:41 GMT /environment/2020-01-30/2019-sets-the-nc-record-for-the-warmest-year Katy Barron, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-30/2019-sets-the-nc-record-for-the-warmest-year Many people could have worn flip-flops in the last days of 2019. The week before New Year’s Eve featured 70 degree days — but it was not a fluke.… Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:13:41 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-30/2019-sets-the-nc-record-for-the-warmest-year Katy Barron, Anita Rao /health/2016-08-04/wake-co-teen-released-after-surviving-measles An unvaccinated Wake County teen has survived a case of the measles. He contracted the potentially lethal disease after traveling in Europe, according to… Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:59:36 GMT /health/2016-08-04/wake-co-teen-released-after-surviving-measles Rebecca Martinez /health/2016-06-17/dont-hug-the-hens-backyard-poultry-eyed-as-source-of-salmonella-outbreak The Centers for Disease Control is investigating a series of Salmonella outbreaks across 35 states that sickened more than 300 people since January,… Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:38:03 GMT /health/2016-06-17/dont-hug-the-hens-backyard-poultry-eyed-as-source-of-salmonella-outbreak Elizabeth Friend /health/2014-10-22/chapel-hill-librarians-helping-ebola-fight-in-west-africa Some Chapel Hill librarians are joining in the effort to respond to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. A non-profit group called WiderNet is making… Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:43:50 GMT /health/2014-10-22/chapel-hill-librarians-helping-ebola-fight-in-west-africa Carol Jackson /health/2014-10-17/ebola-examining-the-narrative-of-epidemics It started with a whisper. The initial reports of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa came out as news releases on June 3, 2014, and there was not much… Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:56:25 GMT /health/2014-10-17/ebola-examining-the-narrative-of-epidemics Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio