Bridging Health & Community: How COVID Changed NC’s Health Workforce
By Kaitlin Phillips
In Spring 2020, we started to hear more and more about “essential” and “frontline” workers. At first the terms were mostly used to refer to the nurses, doctors, first responders,…
August 31, 2021
Task Force Begins Developing Vision for NC Local Public Health
By Brieanne Lyda-McDonald
By Brieanne Lyda-McDonald The North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) kicked off our first meeting of the Task Force on the Future of Local Public Health in North Carolina…
August 10, 2021
Update on Vaccine Status and Virus Spread in North Carolina
By Brieanne Lyda-McDonald
By Brieanne Lyda-McDonald COVID-19 case rates are rising across the country and North Carolina has seen a 100% increase in new cases per day from mid-July to early August…
August 2, 2021
Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness and Building Resilience in the Carolinas
By Alison Miller
By Alison Miller On July 19, 2021, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) and the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) launched the Carolinas Pandemic…
