McBee
McBee, SC · Health
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Rabies Vaccination Bait Drops Start This Week
The USDA is conducting its annual oral rabies vaccination program across western North Carolina this month. Helicopters will distribute rabies vaccine baits in Burnsville, Mars Hill and the greater Asheville area from October 9th through the 13th. Then, from October 15th through the 22nd, low-flying aircraft will distribute more than...
The Standard
ECU Health joins effort to explore electric flight in health care
ECU Health is joining an initiative to use electric aircraft to bolster rural health care. The kickoff of the Electric Logistics and Integrated Flight Testing, or eLIFT-NC initiative, was announced Sept. 23. The eLIFT-NC initiative aims to explore how electric aviation can better connect hospitals, airports and rural communities to improve access to medical supplies, equipment and disaster recovery resources while maintaining strong safety and infrastructure standards. The process will begin with training and initial operations before expanding to additional routes and potential hospital-to-hospital missions. The program will also help inform the infrastructure and systems needed for long-term implementation. The initiative was announced Wednesday by Gov. Josh Stein, representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, N.C. Department of Aviation, BETA Technologies, Joby Aviation, Metro Aviation, ECU Health and other state healthcare organizations. One of the aircraft, built by BETA technologies, landed at the Pitt-Greenville Airport on Monday as part of a test flight from Raleigh to the Outer Banks. ECU Health provided lightweight cargo for the aircraft to carry during its flight. In March, the NCDOT Division of Aviation announced it had been selected to participate in the FAA’s Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program
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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...