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During the COVID pandemic, Dr. Mandy Cohen was the face of North Carolina's response to the virus. Later, she would go on to serve as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Biden administration. Now, she is part of the newly formed Governors' Public Health Alliance, focusing on sharing information about health, emergency preparedness and more. She joins us to talk about all that and the future of public health.

With mental health needs still high and access a challenge for many, more than 200 people attended a conference today at a Charlotte hotel in the University City area that aimed to raise awareness about the topic.

Laid off workers were told their notices of an upcoming reduction in force were "revoked." Officials didn't explain why HHS appeared to be restoring hundreds of jobs it previously called duplicative.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. has removed all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. He says replacing them with new members will help restore 'public trust' in vaccines.

U.S. health officials confirmed the salmonella infections were linked to contaminated organic and cage-free brown eggs from August Egg Company. All recalled eggs should be thrown away, the CDC said.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

After it was reported the Biden administration plans to name Mandy Cohen as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some conservatives criticized her COVID-19 response as North Carolina’s top health official. Here's a look at how North Carolina fared in three areas under Cohen’s leadership during COVID-19.

Tenant advocates in North Carolina are bracing for a wave of evictions to begin Monday after the federal eviction moratorium expired over the weekend.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the pandemic presented a historic threat.

A surge in salmonella cases around the country prompts a warning for backyard chicken owners from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.