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Bars in North Carolina welcomed back customers indoors over the weekend after almost a year of outdoor only cocktail service. On Friday, the Governor Roy…

It’s important to remember facts not fear when it comes to finding out more about the coronavirus and how to filter that information. Need an answer now?…

North Carolina health and public safety officials jumped ahead of President Trump’s news conference to update the state’s coronavirus preparedness…

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2019–2020 flu season.…

Update 10/16: On the heels of the Legionnaires' outbreak linked to September's Mountain State Fair in Fletcher, health officials are taking proactive…

Health officials have confirmed two cases of vaping-related lung illness in Buncombe County. Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Stacey…

Asheville is hosting North Carolina’s tenth annual communicable disease conference this week. Public health professionals are learning about the latest…

(Update: 11/29/18) The chicken pox outbreak that began at an Asheville private school in late October is far from over according to the Buncombe County…

Governor Pat McCrory is calling for a total review of the U.S. National Whitewater Center's oversight after preliminary tests found a microorganism that...

Epidemiologists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are testing for a microscopic organism at the U.S. National Whitewater Center. That...