COVID mounts unforeseen summer surge

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Wednesday, 14/08/2024

After a spring lull, the coronavirus has returned with a vengenance, leading to a surge in Western North Carolina that experts didn’t expect. 

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Duke LifePoint hospitals implement vaccine mandate

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Wednesday, 01/12/2021

Harris Regional Hospital, Swain Community Hospital and Haywood Regional Medical Center, all owned by Duke LifePoint, will require the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees. 

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Latino vaccine clinic to take place April 4

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Thursday, 01/04/2021

The International Friendship Center, the Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers and Vecinos have hosted six weekly Latino COVID-19 vaccine clinics since mid-February, providing vaccines to several hundred of our Latinx neighbors, and plan more clinics in the coming weeks.

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