Tara Blackley, who formerly served as deputy director for Durham County Public Health in North Carolina, is the new director of the Lord Fairfax Health District.
Durham County is currently experiencing increases in COVID-19 case counts, as indicated by the North Carolina COVID-19 Wastewater Monitoring Dashboard.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched the Take Pride Now campaign on May 22 to prevent sexually transmitted infections, specifically mpox. Mpox was previously called monkeypox, but the World Health Organization recommended the new name due to stigmatizing language reportedly being used to describe the disease.