North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services News

Personal Info Posted Online After North Carolina County Ransomware Attack

An investigation into a ransomware attack on a North Carolina county’s computer network showed personal information posted for sale on the “dark web,” the county said. The Chatham County network was hit on Oct. 28 with ransomware that originated in …

North Carolina Universities Move Classes Online After Campus Virus Outbreaks

East Carolina University and University of North Carolina at Charlotte are moving courses online in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the universities announced Sunday. ECU will move undergraduate courses online for the remainder of the fall semester, beginning Aug. 26. …

North Carolina to Test All Nursing Home Residents, Workers

All North Carolinians living and working in nursing homes will soon receive a one-time coronavirus test, the state announced Tuesday. Mandy Cohen, the state’s top public health official, said the state’s effort to boost testing will be underway from July …

North Carolina Nursing Home Reports Virus Outbreak

Three residents of a central North Carolina nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19, public health officials announced on Saturday as overall cases statewide exceeded 2,400. The three cases occurred within the population of the Springbrook Rehabilitation and Nursing Center …

GenX Undetected in Bloodstreams of North Carolina Chemical Plant Neighbors

Dozens of neighbors of a North Carolina chemical plant had industrial compounds in their bloodstreams, but tests by state and federal health officials outlined Tuesday didn’t find the much-debated and little-studied one they were looking for. None of the 30 …