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30032
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A major project of the North Carolina State Board of Health and the Zachary Smith Reynolds Foundation is in the fight against venereal disease. The state has opened more than 300 hundred clinics for the treatment of such diseases and is providing information for understanding the problem.
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30033
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In return for over a $135,000 in investments, the North Carolina State Laboratory of Hygiene provides services and materials to the people of the state. These services, including vaccines, are valued at over $3,000,000.
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30150
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In 1916, five communicable diseases were responsible for a large percentage of deaths in North Carolina. But the battle against such diseases as small pox and tuberculosis has been successful; however, degenerative diseases such as cancer and heart problems are new frontiers for public health research in the State.
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30811
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In 2008, Ken Burkel and other members of the Clemmons Rotary Club in Forsyth County launched a program to heighten public awareness for the need for organ and tissue donors in North Carolina. The program created roadside billboards and recently partnered with the North Carolina Trucking Association to display custom banners of organ recipients and donor families.
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Published here is an extended abstract of a UNC Department of City and Regional Planning master's thesis voted the best of 2013. Dennerlein's project uses results of a Health Impact Study to determine the health benefits of a small area plan proposed within the Blue Ridge Road Corridor in Raleigh, NC.
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31277
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Much more is being done in North Carolina's State Board of Health than most citizens realize. North Carolina's Board of Health provides services for sanitation, birth and death, rehabilitation, and anti-pollution. Funds for such services are provided through the Board of Health, and local communities also contribute 80% of financial support for local public health programs.
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31631
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Since its identification early this year in New Jersey, swine flu has been investigated and tested by scientists across the country. North Carolina health department personnel are preparing to begin mass immunization of the public this month. Frank Lewis, coordinator of the state’s immunization program, discusses the vaccine’s availability and effectiveness in protecting against swine flu, and provides answers to the most commonly asked questions about swine flu.
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32206
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In June 2017, an industrial chemical called GenX was identified in drinking water drawn from the Cape Fear River in the Wilmington area of North Carolina. State officials have found GenX in private wells near the plant, as well as at several other locations, at varying concentrations. With increasing public concern, researchers are studying the effects of the chemical on human health.
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Coastwatch
(NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 1, Winter 2018,
p24-29, il, por, map
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33198
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In order to get proper healthcare to rural and isolated communities, the NC State Board of Health and the US Public Health Services have teamed up to create a mobile clinic comprised of a doctor, nurse and driver. The US Public Health Service will provide the truck that will be the basis for the clinic with the assurance that North Carolina will keep the program going for a minimum of 3 years.
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