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Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, U.S. health officials say

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

A man carries a child as they leave a children's hospital in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Chinese officials say they did not detect any "unusual or novel diseases" in the country, the World Health Organization said Thursday, following an official request by the U.N. health agency for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nations put eyes on China amid outbreaks of child pneumonia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Commuters wear face masks as they wait at an intersection in the central business district during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Friday, May 26, 2023. A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country's health ministry said Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

CDC director: Sources in China say new outbreaks are from known pathogens

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A pharmacist administers a Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine at a drug store, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Cypress, Texas. Fall 2023 vaccination season is in full swing, with health officials in the U.S. urging both an updated COVID-19 shot and flu vaccine for most everyone. New this year are vaccines for older adults and women in late pregnancy to guard against another virus named RSV. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)

What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway

By Lauran Neergaard - Associated Press

Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C., to encourage parents of young children to get a COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Bryan Anderson)

Biden formally picks Mandy Cohen to serve as next CDC director

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, a healthcare worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday, May 5 advanced a bill through a committee that would prevent state and local governments from punishing workers who choose not to get a COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

As vaccinations drop, N. Carolina may offer financial perks

By BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 file photo, one of the first vials of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Starting Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, several counties across North Carolina will start vaccinating residents 75 years or older. (Walt Unks/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP, File)

Most N.C. nursing home workers are refusing COVID vaccine

By BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

Dr. Mandy Cohen, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, discusses vaccine distribution during a press briefing about the coronavirus, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

N.C. revises vaccine distribution plan, halts evictions

By BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

Cooper visits Duke Hospital to observe COVID-19 vaccinations

By LUCILLE SHERMAN and The News & Observer - Associated Press

Dr. Dan Schenkat shows Gov. Roy Cooper, right, a vial containing Covid-19 vaccine at UNC Health in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, where frontline healthcare workers are among some of the first recipients of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Travis Long/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

NC governor visits health workers getting COVID vaccine

By RICHARD STRADLING and The News & Observer - Associated Press

Freshman Sarah Anne Cook carries her blongings as she packs to leave campus following a cluster of COVID-19 cases at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. The university announced that it would cancel all in-person undergraduate learning starting on Wednesday while some students chose to pack and leave. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

N.C. colleges aren’t providing key COVID data to the public

By BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

Dr. Mandy Cohen, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services answers questions about the spread of the COVID-19 virus in a skilled nursing facility in Orange County during a press briefing on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

North Carolina to test all nursing home residents, workers

By BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

In this Saturday, May 23, 2020 photo, hundreds of race fans wait in line to purchase tickets at the Ace Speedway on in the rural Alamance County community of Altamahaw near Elon, N.C. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration has ordered closed a small stock-car track that’s allowed large crowds to gather repeatedly for weekend races well above COVID-19 limits for mass gatherings. Cooper’s health secretary says Ace Speedway in Alamance County is an “imminent hazard” for the virus' spread and can't reopen unless it creates a safety plan to keep fans away. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP) **FILE**

Judge orders N.C. track with large crowds to stop races

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In this Saturday, May 23, 2020 photo, hundreds of race fans wait in line to purchase tickets at the Ace Speedway on in the rural Alamance County community of Altamahaw near Elon, N.C. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration has ordered closed a small stock-car track that’s allowed large crowds to gather repeatedly for weekend races well above COVID-19 limits for mass gatherings. Cooper’s health secretary says Ace Speedway in Alamance County is an “imminent hazard” for the virus' spread and can't reopen unless it creates a safety plan to keep fans away. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP) **FILE**

Ace Speedway in North Carolina ordered by judge to stop races

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Secretary of the NC Department Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks during a briefing on North Carolina's coronavirus pandemic response Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at the NC Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. (Travis Long/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

Patient testing for virus in N. Carolina to expand greatly

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