Mecklenburg County public health

Officials in Davidson and Mecklenburg County Public Health say they’ve confirmed that a fox found near Mayes Road off Sam Furr Road has tested positive for rabies.

Mecklenburg Public Health hosted the annual Meck Design event on Friday to discuss community health and improvement plans.

The Mecklenburg County government said this week that naloxone distribution efforts helped drive the region’s largest drop in overdoses in more than five years.

On the next Charlotte Talks, we look at a newly released Mecklenburg County Health Department report on infant mortality. The findings are a mix of good and bad news. Overall birth outcomes have improved, but disparities remain, especially for non-Hispanic Black infants compared with non-Hispanic white infants. We’ll hear about the progress and what’s being done to address those disparities.

Mecklenburg County is set to receive almost $75 million over the next 18 years to tackle the opioid crisis. To help people understand how those funds are being allocated, officials held a community meeting on Monday on how they plan to spend $28.5 million of it through the 2028 fiscal year.

Mecklenburg County officials say overdose deaths have risen 200% among Black and Hispanic residents.

Mecklenburg County commissioners kicked off their three-day budget retreat Wednesday to discuss priorities for the fiscal year ahead. Mecklenburg Health Director Dr. Raynard Washington told commissioners his major goals center around greater equity.

The department store Belk is filing for bankruptcy. The retailer is headquartered in Charlotte, and the Belk family name has been a mainstay around here for decades. The first store opened in Monroe in 1888, and Belk now operates 300 stores across the Southeast. But like many other department stores, Belk has struggled recently.

The number of sexually-transmitted infections in Mecklenburg County is increasing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

It’s been almost a year since President Trump announced that Mecklenburg would be a target for a national initiative to eradicate new HIV diagnoses and…