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Update 7/14/20: Governor Cooper has announced that schools will return under Plan B. Full details here
For daily updates of COVID-19, please visit the official CDC website for accurate information.
NC Gov. Roy Cooper extends Phase Two of coronavirus restrictions into September.… Read More
All of NC is hurting right now because the biggest event of the year was canceled today.… Read More
Gov. Roy Cooper has announced that NC public schools will open in the fall for both in-person and remote learning with precautions put in place, as well as extended NC’s Phase 2 order to August 7. … Read More
Wondering if anything is going to happen this weekend? We are too! We know 2020 will look and feel different than 2019 did, but here are a few ideas on how to celebrate this weekend!… Read More
Last month the Centers for Disease Control, aka CDC, added new symptoms that a person who has contracted Coronavirus might experience.… Read More
Governor Roy Cooper announces that NC will stay in Phase II for another three weeks (until July 17) and will require face coverings in indoor and outdoor facilities where six-feet social distancing cannot be done.… Read More
The City of Raleigh and Town of Knightdale have issued the State of Emergency urging a mandatory proclamation to wear masks in public.… Read More
We have all experienced the 2020 heartbreak when it comes to summer concerts. But, here are a few of your summer concert favorites to look forward to next year!… Read More
5/21: The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) issued the following info about updated rules & regulations when flying. They also disclosed that 590 TSA employees have tested positive for Covid-19 HOWEVER none of those cases came from the RDU Airport. TSA Response to COVID-19 TSA understands that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to weigh heavily…… Read More
Mayor Steve Schewel says the city of Durham and Durham County will extend their combined stay-at-home order past Friday’s scheduled expiration date to help further slow the spread of the coronavirus. Schewel said he and Wendy Jacobs, the chair of the Durham County Board of Commissioners, plan to make a formal announcement in a day…… Read More
©Jessica Hromas/CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — CBS announced on Monday that The Bold and the Beautiful, which resumed production over two weeks ago, will start airing new episodes on July 20. The daytime drama on June 16 became the first U.S. broadcast series to resume production on stage, following strict COVID-19 safety protocols, but…… Read More
iStock/da-kuk(NEW YORK) — The theory about COVID-19 being developed in a Chinese lab has been debunked by virologists, with officials taking aim at a recent allegation made by researchers from Britain and Norway. The British/Norway team at St. George’s, University of London is one of many labs in the race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. The team recently wrote…… Read More
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — It’s been a rough month for Days of Our Lives star Judi Evans, who contracted COVID-19 while in the hospital recovering from a serious horseback riding accident. Howie Tiger Simon, a rep for the 55-year-old actress gave an update on her condition in a Facebook post on Monday, reporting she experienced “mild”…… Read More
Jeremy Poland/iStock(MELBOURNE) — It seems workers at a gin distillery in Australia might have been hitting the sauce themselves after it was discovered that they accidentally shipped gin bottles filled with hand sanitizer instead of alcohol. The the Apollo Bay Distillery outside Melbourne posted a product safety recall on its Facebook page Monday, warning people that the…… Read More
ffikretow/iStock(NEW YORK) — The number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has now exceeded two million. The nation officially crossed that threshold Wednesday night, with 2,464,000 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The milestone has been passed 44 days after the number of reported coronavirus infections in the U.S. exceeded one million. …… Read More
David ‘Dee’ Delgado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With thousands of protestors across America demanding justice for George Floyd, health officials have raised concerns over how the lack of social distancing seen in the crowds will affect future cases of COVID-19. Speaking to Good Morning America on Wednesday, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases Doctor Anthony Fauci is worried of how…… Read More
iStock/wildpixel(MARYLAND) — Nanoparticles — tiny materials that can be programmed to do various functions — were once the stuff of science fiction, but now real-life science is seeing them pressed into service in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found a way to use plasmonic gold…… Read More
iStock/Nattakorn ManeeratThe AMC theater chain laid out an ambitious plan on Tuesday to have almost all of its theaters open sometime in July. The plan includes partnering with companies like Clorox to create theatre environments as safe and clean as possible, educating theatergoers on how to keep safe, and looking into high tech sanitation techniques,…… Read More
RapidEye/iStock(CONROE, Texas) — An attorney and district judge candidate in Conroe, Texas has been charged with criminal mischief for egging a judge’s car over COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, according to Community Impact Newspaper. The Conroe Police Department charged Eric Yollick, who’s running for district judge in Monroe County, with throwing an egg at current Montgomery County Judge…… Read More
iStock/lucadp(NEW YORK) — As states across the country are working on reopening, COVID-19 cases are back on the rise — which is rattling the volatile stock market once more. COVID-19 cases are up in about 20 states, with hospitalizations on the rise in at least eight. The new trend has health officials concerned that the…… Read More