by admin | Mar 31, 2020 | Health
CULLOWHEE – A chat room conversation between colleagues at Western Carolina University with ties to China led to fast action that is putting surgical masks into the hands of front-line health workers in the region’s smaller care facilities. Yue Cai Hillon,...
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page, Health
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF When N.C. Governor Roy Cooper ordered the closure of all public schools on March 14, the first question on a lot of minds was, ‘what about families that rely on school lunch?’ The staff at Cherokee Central Schools...
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Health
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF With families of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) quarantining themselves to help stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), an EBCI tribal program is helping provide some exercise time. Cherokee...
by admin | Mar 27, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Tribal officials of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Qualla Boundary during a press conference on Friday, March 27. Principal Chief Richard...
by admin | Mar 26, 2020 | General Announcements, Health
Note: These figures were compiled by Dr. Reva Ballew using data from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. March 3: First case of COVID-NC in North Carolina. This person was in Wake County but had traveled from a long-term care facility in...
by admin | Mar 25, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first COVID-19 associated deaths. A person from Cabarrus County died on March 24 from complications associated with the virus. The patient was in their late seventies and had several...
