Health News For Columbus County, NC
Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips to Prevent Injuries While Biking Deb Balzer May 14, 2025 Editor’s note: May is both Traumatic Awareness Month and Biking Month Bicycling is a great way to stay active and enjoy the [Read More]
The YWCA Lower Cape Fear will host an Open House celebrating the new location of its Early Parenthood Program (EPP) in Whiteville on Thursday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at 310 Jefferson St., Whiteville. [Read More]
A battle is brewing between state ag and health officials and the General Assembly over a controversial bill making its way through the house. House Bill 609 would legalize the sale of raw, non-pasteurized goat [Read More]
Mayo Clinic Minute: Preventing Stroke Alex Osiadacz May 5, 2025 May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and as part of everyday awareness, Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals suggest reducing stroke risk and knowing the signs. A stroke happens [Read More]
After overwhelming response at two other distribution events, the Annie Catherine Pridgen Community Development Foundation (ACP) and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, will host another food pantry event May 10. A [Read More]
Mayo Clinic Minute: Dual Procedure Combines Liver Transplant, Bariatric Surgery Deb Balzer April 30, 2025 Mayo Clinic surgeons have found that an innovative approach can help patients with obesity get lifesaving care. Obesity can be a barrier [Read More]
County water customers along P.D. Ranch Road are being advised to boil water used for consumption. A contractor crew broke a water line in the area this afternoon, affected all customers along P.D. Ranch, the [Read More]
State Health Officials said Tuesday that Monkey Pox has been found in wastewater in two locations in Greenville. Mpox, as it is properly known, transmits through prolonged skin to skin contact, most often through [Read More]
Mayo Clinic Minute: Become an Organ Donor and Save Lives Deb Balzer April 16, 2025 Becoming an organ donor is one of the most meaningful decisions you can make, offering the chance to save lives — whether [Read More]
The State Department of Health and Human Services is urging North Carolinians to “Fight the Bite” and reduce tick and mosquito borne diseases. In 2024, more than 900 cases of tick and mosquito borne illnesses [Read More]
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services today (April 9) reported more than 500 flu-related deaths for the 2024-2025 respiratory virus season. This is the highest number of statewide flu deaths recorded since broad [Read More]
Anyone in need of food assistance is welcome at a food distribution event set for April 19. The Annie Catherine Pridgen Community Development Foundation (ACP), in collaboration with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern [Read More]
Mayo Clinic Minute: Liver Transplant for Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer Deb Balzer April 1, 2025 Colorectal cancer is the fourth-most-common cancer in the U.S. and the second deadliest. One in 5 patients is diagnosed [Read More]
Some water customers on the county system are under. Boil advisory after contractors cut a water line in District One. Affected areas include all of Emerson Road, and Old Stake Road from 8703 to 11177. [Read More]
A backyard flock in Dare County has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI). The positive sample was identified by the N.C. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Raleigh. The [Read More]
County water customers in District III are under a new boil advisory today (Thursday). A water main line break near Waterfall Estates has caused an outage for all customers in the community. During repairs to [Read More]
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