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Rocky Mount Telegram
New primary care in Nashville ready to welcome its first patients Tuesday
UNC Health Nash is expanding its primary care footprint in central Nash County with the opening of UNC Health Family Medicine at Nashville. The new medical office located at 540 Red Oak Road is scheduled to welcome its first patients Tuesday. A ribbon‑cutting ceremony held last month at the clinic marked the completion of the facility and the growth of the practice. The new building brings together eight family medicine and internal medicine providers, increasing capacity to serve both established and new patients in the Nashville area. Several UNC Health practitioners transitioning from the Eastern North Carolina Medical Group in Nashville will continue caring for their existing patients at the new location. UNC Health Family Medicine at Nashville will offer comprehensive primary care for patients of all ages, beginning at birth. Services include routine checkups, preventive care, chronic disease management and other essential health needs. “Nashville has long served as a central hub for families throughout Nash County, and caring for the people who live and work here is an important part of our mission,” said Dr. L. Lee Isley, president and CEO of UNC Health Nash. “This new facility gives our providers more room to care for established patients
beckersspine.com
Spine surgery is moving beyond its oldest divide
For generations, the path to becoming a spine surgeon began with a choice: orthopedics or neurosurgery. Jeffrey Mullin, MD, a neurosurgeon at Williamsville, N.Y.-based University at Buffalo Neurosurgery, sees a future in which that choice matters considerably less. Across operating rooms, training programs and professional societies, the two branches of...
coastalreview.org
Cape Fear River Watch vows to hold Chemours accountable
A chemical manufacturing company responsible for contaminating the drinking water sources of tens of thousands of North Carolinians is not adequately curbing its releases of PFAS into the environment, a Wilmington-based environmental group says. In a recent notice to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Cape Fear River Watch...
wgxa.tv
North Carolina water feature linked to teen's fatal brain-eating amoeba infection
DURHAM, N.C. (WCTI) — A water feature at a Durham, North Carolina, community organization was the most likely exposure source in a fatal Naegleria fowleri infection involving a teenager, state health officials said in a new investigation. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said investigators could...
foxnebraska.com
North Carolina water feature linked to teen's fatal brain-eating amoeba infection
DURHAM, N.C. (WCTI) — A water feature at a Durham, North Carolina, community organization was the most likely exposure source in a fatal Naegleria fowleri infection involving a teenager, state health officials said in a new investigation. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said investigators could...
hoodline.com
COVID Cases Climb Across Charlotte and the Triangle, Duke Sees Hospitalizations Jump 42%
COVID-19 cases are climbing across North Carolina, with infections trending upward in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Wake, Durham and the Triad area, and Duke University Hospital reporting a 42% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the last three days. Duke University has also confirmed at least 16 positive cases on campus since students returned on August 16.