Dr. Mandy Cohen, alongside Gov. Roy Cooper, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, gave what will likely be her last briefing on the coronavirus. Cohen’s message carried similar themes expressed since the vaccines became available, first to health care workers, exactly one year ago. “Vaccines and boosters protect you,” she said. North Carolina has since administered 12...
Kendall Klett, recently fired from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, explains why she has taken a stand against the department’s mandatory COVID vaccination policy. Learn more from Carolina Journal’s coverage of Klett’s story: “DHHS employee fired over vaccine mandate, despite natural immunity.”
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses Dr. Mandy Cohen’s decision to resign as secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services. King offered these comments during the Dec. 3, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Gov. Roy Cooper and state health secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen addressed the nascent Omicron variant Tuesday, Nov. 30, but they were reticent to raise alarms, in contrast to local media reports over the past couple of days. Rather, they pushed vaccines. Cohen, in one of her last COVID-19 briefings alongside Cooper, even offered a novel...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. The face of North Carolina’s coronavirus response, Dr. Mandy Cohen, has resigned her position as secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Kody Kinsley, chief deputy secretary for health and leader of COVID operations, to succeed Cohen starting Jan. 1....
Before agreeing to a schedule for adjourning this year’s legislative work, state lawmakers rejected one final push from Democrats to consider Medicaid expansion. During Monday’s N.C. House debate over an adjournment resolution, Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, offered an amendment. It would have added a Medicaid expansion bill to the list of items eligible for consideration...
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses federal government approval for COVID-19 vaccines targeting children ages 5 to 11. King offered these comments during the Nov. 5, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
North Carolina’s top elected school official is calling the Biden administration’s national vaccine mandate a clear example of government overreach. In a statement released Thursday, Nov. 4, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt said she encourages everyone to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but that mandating vaccination is a bridge too far. “As a breast...
Emergency orders, local mask mandates, and COVID restrictions at large have gone from nonsensical to outrageous. This is not to argue on the efficacy of masks or their use in the throes of the nascent pandemic some 18 months ago. Instead, this is to make a common-sense case showing the so-called leaders purporting to care...
By Tanner Aliff When people think about non-profits, they tend to envision organizations like GoodWill, Habitat for Humanity, or the American Red Cross. Hardly anyone pictures a ritzy metropolitan hospital with granite fountains, marble floors, zen gardens, and huge medical bills. Yet in America, where many hospitals receive the tax benefits that come from 501(c)(3)...
COVID-19 numbers are down across the board, yet the governor and health secretary continue to encourage people to wear masks and to follow a two-year-old emergency order. But one Wake County city appears to be using common sense as its guide. Cary, the seventh-largest city in the state, voted Thursday, Oct. 29, to rescind its...
