Researchers at University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City teamed up with Appalachian State University to track COVID-19. Photo: Jon Gardiner/UNC
Think of it as a link in a chain.
This one starts below the streets of a college campus, where people wrapped in personal protective equipment collect human waste from pipes snaking from student dormitories.
Just 24 hours after those samples are collected, test results reveal whether SARS-CoV-2, better known as the coronavirus, is present.
This coronavirus surveillance system was implemented at Appalachian State University in an ongoing pilot project launched earlier this fall and aimed at detecting COVID-19 at its earliest stages and then pinpointing those infected with the virus.
By Tiffany Means | Dec 15, 2020
Polar vortex got you down? When a cold snap occurs in your region, don’t lose sight of the big picture.
By Tiffany Means | Tuesday, December 15, 2020
The occurrence of record-cold weather can seem puzzling during an era of global warming. After all, given that the world is getting warmer, how can it also be colder than usual in your backyard?
Cold where you are, but warm elsewhere
Temperature records show that the Earth has warmed a little more than 1 degree Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since 1880. Yet short-term variations in weather, such as cold snaps rapid drops in air temperature that result in consecutive days of colder-than-average weather are still occurring.
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) Vaccine distributor Pfizer met with the Food & Drug Administration this Thursday as they seek emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna, one of its competitors, is set for the same meeting next week as well.
Following the Pfizer meeting, North Carolina expects to receive 85,800 doses of the vaccine in its first distribution. State Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen released a phased approach for how North Carolina will handle the rollout.
Included among the phases are members of marginalized communities, such as the Black community, who have a complicated history with the United States and North Carolina governments.