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Updated December 25, 2020 6:19 p.m. EST
By Keely Arthur, WRAL reporter
Nurse Miranda Carpenter has gone from the COVID wing of UNC Health to the children s oncology unit.
Carpenter and her family recently found out that their son, Everett, was diagnosed with Leukemia. Everett is 2-years-old and will be spending Christmas in the hospital.
He will have a port placed in his heart to start chemotherapy and need to have a bone marrow biopsy.
Carpenter s friend and fellow COVID nurse Samantha Doust knew something was off when she hadn t seen her coworker for days.
She texted Carpenter and asked her if she had coronavirus.
Updated December 29, 2020 1:40 p.m. EST
By Keely Arthur, WRAL reporter
Henderson, N.C. A Vance County deputy shot at but didn t wound a man during a Wednesday chase that included two crashes and an attempted carjacking, authorities said.
Deputies joined a Henderson police officer s pursuit of a 2011 Honda Accord driven by Paul Z. Pearce, 29, who was wanted on felony drug charges in Wake County, at about 11:15 a.m.
Pearce crashed the car on Cypress Drive and stole a truck in the neighborhood, authorities said. He then crashed into a patrol car at the intersection of Edgewood and Cedarwood drives, causing the stolen truck, which had an equipment trailer attached, to flip several times before ending up on its roof.
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If it is approved, which could happen within days, health officials said it will be more accessible to more people across North Carolina. The Pfizer vaccine does have to be kept frozen at temperatures lower than we would have typically at clinics and facilities, said Dr. Cindy Gay, an associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UNC School of Medicine. That’s going to mean that it’s going to be more available to people in rural areas, where hospitals might not have the capabilities of keeping the Pfizer vaccine cold, said Ronda Decker, nurse manager of operations at Duke Raleigh Hospital. It’s extremely exciting.