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...
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....
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...
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 ...
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 anot...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...