The Food and Drug Administration also gave an OK to boosters that differ from the vaccine originally used to immunize people against COVID-19. A mix-and-match approach could ease the booster rollout.
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Pexels/WFAE’s series “The Price We Pay” examines why Americans spend more on medical care than those in other wealthy countries, despite getting worse results. On this episode, we sit down with health policy experts to understand the costs, benefits and sustainability of employer-sponsored health insurance — a system that provides health care for hundreds of millions of Americans and their families. -
A Charlotte-based investigative reporter for USA Today sits down with host Mike Collins and others to outline his findings on what he calls America’s broken Section 8 housing system — especially in the Southeast and in Charlotte.
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The construction industry in Charlotte is trying to keep up with demand as it struggles with supply chain issues. In other BizWorthy news: The Charlotte Convention Center gets an upgrade, and a waterline break caused headaches for businesses in the city this week. -
Memes could be a valuable way to help people deal with stressful situations.
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A Lancet medical journal report finds that human-caused climate change is worsening human health in just about every measurable way. It calls for more urgent action from world leaders.
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Unchecked growth of industrial animal farms spurs long fight for environmental justice in Eastern NCAs large-scale hog and poultry industries continue to grow in eastern North Carolina, local residents push back against decades of air and water pollution.
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North Carolina senators have presented some proposals to the public on how they could redraw boundary lines for congressional and state Senate districts. Republicans have offered congressional plans that would appear to give GOP candidates a good chance to win at least 10 of the state's 14 U.S. House seats.
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The gunman's defense team is hoping to avoid the death penalty that prosecutors are seeking for the murders of 17 students and staff in Parkland, Fla.
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The Freedom to Vote Act was a unified Democratic effort led in part by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who was trying to get Republican support. Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell vocally opposed it.
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Inmates in North Carolina prisons no longer receive actual letters penned by friends and loved ones. Starting this week, they receive copies of those letters. It’s a change state prison officials say they made to help reduce the amount of drugs entering facilities.
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North Carolina lawmakers are drawing new maps that will determine the state's congressional districts — including a new 14th seat in the U.S. House. But they're also coming up with maps that decide districts for state senators and representatives at the General Assembly in Raleigh.
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North Carolina will pick up a 14th U.S. House seat next year. Right now, as lawmakers redraw congressional districts based on the 2020 census, they'll have to figure out where to put No. 14. Western Carolina University political scientist Christopher Cooper helps us make sense of the process.
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Legislative redistricting is underway in South Carolina. Lawmakers are drawing maps based on the 2020 census that will decide boundaries for representation in the U.S. House and the State House in Columbia. Winthrop University political scientist Scott Huffmon walks us through the process — and the lawsuits that have already been filed.
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The Netflix employee resource group supporting trans and nonbinary people is demanding better representation, both on-screen and in management.
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12amCollectiveFor this 100th Amplifier episode, we talk to up-and-coming rapper Lute, who embodies “the Charlotte music dream." He was born and raised in the 704, recruited by rap legend J. Cole and signed to his Dreamville Records label, received a Grammy nomination and earned a Platinum plaque for his collaboration with DaBaby and Kendrick Lamar.
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Nick de la Canal/WFAEQueens University in Charlotte is rumored to be a major site of paranormal activity. Is there any truth to these ghost stories?
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With high-profile stories of vaccinated people dying from COVID, how worried should you be about getting a serious breakthrough case? Here's how the data shake out.
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Public health workers are going church to church and house to house in the state's secluded valleys to dispel COVID myths, ease isolation, bring aid, and convince wary residents to get vaccinated.
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The CDC says that having every person in attendance vaccinated is important for protecting those who can't get a shot. And it recommends that those who aren't fully vaccinated delay travel.
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A panel of experts voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at least two months after the first shot.
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