Health

After taking showers or simply brushing their hair, many of these women are having handfuls of hair fall out. But, it hasn’t happened just once. For most of these women, it’s been happening for months.

NHRMC and Novant Health to host special events to get children vaccinated

The Pender County Health Department now is offering the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11.

Parents have waited nearly a year for a COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for children ages 5-11.

In an effort to get more people vaccinated, the federal government has taken an action that impacts an estimated 100 million workers.

Local locations for COVID 19 vaccinations for children as young as five.

Child-sized doses for Pfizer’s COVID vaccine have already gone into little arms, but not yet for those in the Cape Fear.

Effective immediately, the Town of Oak Island will transition the current mandatory Mask & Facial Coverings policy for Town facilities, to a voluntary policy.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, North Carolina had a shortage of nurses.

Effective immediately, face coverings are optional for all students and staff inside school buildings.

There are currently eight billboards around Wilmington, each with the faces of those who have passed due to an overdose in North Carolina.

Visitors are allowed; however, the mask mandate will remain in place for visitors and patients in all Cape Fear Valley Health facilities and will be strictly enforced

Face coverings will still be required in county clinical settings that offer health care services as required under federal regulations.

November 2021 marks 15 years since a tornado struck Columbus County claiming the lives of eight people

The University of North Carolina Wilmington will receive $99,815 to increase behavioral health capacity and strengthen mental health resources available to students.

Training nurse practitioners to prescribe medications that tackle addiction will increase access to those vital treatments.

There were 73 new deaths reported on Friday, bringing the state’s death toll to 18,050.

Earlier this week, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel endorsed a smaller dosage of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds.

The need to be seen by the doctor is something people share across our region, but actually getting an appointment is harder if you live in a more rural community.

More than 11.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in North Carolina, with 66 percent of the adult population fully vaccinated.

For years, we’ve known GenX, a chemical compound known as PFAS, is in the water supply for thousands of residents across the Cape Fear. However, Tuesday’s new report from the EPA states GenX is likely much more toxic than we previously thought.