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Steve Smith, Henderson County public health director, announces impending retirement

After 32 years of public health service, Henderson County Health Director Steve Smith recently announced his plans to retire in May 2024.Smith gave notice of h ....

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Henderson County Detention Center inmates get COVID vaccines through partnership

Henderson County Detention Center inmates get COVID vaccines through partnership
From staff reports
In a team effort Monday, the Henderson County Sheriff s Office, Henderson County Health Department and The Free Clinics vaccinated 55 of 152 inmates who requested to be immunized against COVID-19 while incarcerated in the Henderson County Detention Facility.
Everyone incarcerated was offered the vaccine and nurses from the Health Department administered the first of two doses.
Follow-up vaccinations will be administered in 21 days for those remaining in custody. For inmates being released before the second dose is administered, the county-funded, embedded navigator from The Free Clinics will work to ensure locations, times and informational follow-up is in place. ....

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Talk To Us: COVID Questions

Talk to Us: COVID Questions. BPR’s Helen Chickering brings us this week’s answer.
This week s question comes from Dr. Penny Brewster of Franklin.
“I am trying to find out how prevalent the COVID-19 variants are in western NC.” (She was also interested in the amount of sequencing being done for variants, and about effectiveness of the existing vaccines.)
Good question. To find an answer, we checked in with several sources including the NC Department of Health and Human Services Office of Communications where Catie Armstrong writes:
VARIANT SEQUENCING/PREVALENCE “As part of increased national surveillance efforts, the NC State Laboratory of Public Health (SLPH) submits 16 positive specimens each week to CDC’s National SARS-CoV-2 Strain Surveillance (NS3) program. SLPH can also submit additional positive samples each week from vaccine breakthrough cases (someone testing positive at least 14 days after completing vaccination) and f ....

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75 People and Counting Test Positive for COVID After North Carolina Church's Christmas Musical

75 People and Counting Test Positive for COVID After North Carolina Church’s Christmas Musical
Blake Montgomery
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A North Carolina church gathered congregants for a musical Christmas celebration earlier this month, and within a matter of days, at least 75 COVID-19 infections had been traced back to the event.
The Henderson County Health Department has linked a growing number of cases of the respiratory infection to one caroling event held at First Baptist Church of Hendersonville. The agency identified a holiday celebration held Dec. 5 at First Baptist as a superspreader event in a press release: “To date, the Health Department has identified 75 individuals who have tested positive as a result of the event.” ....

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