âIâm looking forward to hiring back beloved staff and booking full bands,â Bull said.
Bull said that while she is relieved to begin adjusting to whatever the new social normal will become, she cited that âvaccines have been readily available for almost two months now.â
Bartholomaus said Foothills Brewing removed the mask mandate from all locations once Cooper issued his latest executive order.
âWe are no longer enforcing or asking customers to wear masks, though we hope those that are not vaccinated will continue to wear them responsibly for their own safety,â Bartholomaus said.
âOur employees are welcome to wear masks as they want so they are comfortable. We are asking any employees who have yet to vaccinate to continue to wear protection from COVID for their health.
HIV Cases Are up in N.C., but Testing Is Down
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Even as vaccines temper the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States, North Carolina advocates gathered to remind lawmakers that the country remains in the middle of another pandemic.
The South is ground zero for new HIV cases within the United States, and the Tar Heel state is no exception.
âAfter last year, there are a lot of people out there who are probably walking around with an STI, hepatitis, or HIV who are not aware of it,â Jacquelyn Clymore, HIV, STD, and hepatitis director at the Department of Health and Human Services. She spoke during âHIV Virtually Speaks on Jones Street 2021â last week, an HIV and hepatitis advocacy day hosted by the NC AIDS Action Network (NCAAN) and the Southern AIDS Coalition.
A bevy of bills before the state legislature seeks to improve how state and local agencies assist people struggling with mental health crises and related issues. Theyâre both promising and overdue.
One of them, House Bill 786, âEnhance Local Response/Mental Health Crises,â would provide funding for pilot programs to study how local police departments could respond to nonviolent emergency calls involving mental health, homelessness, substance use or other behavioral problems, with teams that include mental health professionals. Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, is among the billâs primary sponsors.
The timing is fortuitous. Last week, a local group submitted a petition to local authorities calling for much the same thing. More than 100 mental health professionals signed the petition, promoting a system that trains emergency dispatchers to figure out whether someone calling for help needs a mental health professional, a police officer, or both, the Journalâs Ric
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