Wednesday, October 12
New COVID case counts continue to drop — down 25% the last two weeks across the U.S., and trending down since mid-July — and more discussions center around whether the pandemic is “under control.”
Thursday, September 29
PITTSBORO — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has reported Chatham County’s first confirmed case of monkeypox.
Wednesday, September 14
Following the authorization of the updated boosters, Chatham County’s Public Health Director Mike Zelek said his department is now offering Moderna’s updated booster shot to those who want them.
Wednesday, August 3
Mike Zelek, the director of the Chatham County Public Health Department, says there’s a lot of COVID out there. And that’s not just because the number of N.C. counties with “high” COVID-19 community levels has jumped from less than a dozen a few weeks ago to more than 60 today.
Wednesday, July 20
The News + Record asked Chatham Hospital’s Eric Wolak, who recently recovered from COVID-19, to share his experience.
Wednesday, July 20
The News + Record asked Josh Smith, who recently recovered from COVID-19, to share his experience.
Wednesday, July 13
As the number of COVID-19 cases rises in some pockets of the country — a surprising summer surge driven in part by new variants — is keeping Chatham County in the “high” transmission level.
Wednesday, June 29
Now that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is recommending COVID-19 vaccines for children up to 5 years old, Chatham’s health experts are encouraging parents to seriously consider it as a “critical line of defense” against the virus.