By Dr. Karen Smith, MD, The Old North State Medical Society The mask – a four-letter word describing a 15-ounce 7” x 7” inch piece

By Dr. Tracei Ball, MD, The Old North State Medical Society A maddening article with a sensationalized gist has been making the rounds insinuating that

By Dr. Tracei Ball, MD, The Old North State Medical Society The beginning of the winter surge is upon us. According to the CDC, for

By Dr. Tracei Ball, MD, The Old North State Medical Society Just before Labor Day, the FDA authorized and made available a slightly redesigned bivalent

By Dr. Karen Smith, MD, The Old North State Medical Society For a large duration of the pandemic, we’ve heard of people who have recovered

By Dr. Veita Bland-Spencer, MD, The Old North State Medical Society Rural communities are composed of millions of residents from various backgrounds who, as history

By Dr. Brian Shackleford, The Old North State Medical Society While many people celebrated the relaxation of the CDC’s guidelines released this past August, for

By Dr. Karen Smith, The Old North State Medical Society When travel restrictions and shelter-in-place orders began closing companies, institutions, and agencies across the country

By Dr. Karyn Hargett, The Old North State Medical Society Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, institutions and organizations have worked