All in Health
Kinston Department of Fire and Rescue is participating in Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 18 – 24, 2022, and hosting a Seat Check Event on Monday , Sept. 19, 2022 from 1:30 PM until 4:30 PM at Kinston Fire Station 1 across from the Historic Grainger Stadium. These events encourage North Carolina parents and caregivers to make sure their car seats and booster seats fit their children properly and that the seats are correctly installed in vehicles.
Suicide is among the top five leading causes of death for people ages 10 to 65 in North Carolina. To address this complex and serious health problem, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a coordinated state action plan to reduce injury and death by suicide.
On September 9, 2022, The Lenoir County Health Department received confirmation from the North Carolina State Laboratory that another raccoon has tested positive for rabies. The animal was located in Kinston between Vernon Avenue and the Neuse River west of Queen Street.
The Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting event for the Kinston Community Pharmacy located at 324 North Queen Street.
The Student Resource Officer (SRO) at Northside High School in Jacksonville reportedly took 20 seconds to respond to events that resulted in one student dead, another injured, and one in custody. “Our heartfelt condolences are with the Onslow County School System as they mourn the loss of a student and to all parents that have experienced an act of violence in their respective communities,” said Assistant Superintendent Nicholas Harvey II. “All Lenoir County middle and high schools will have a dedicated fully staffed SRO. Each elementary school will have a shared SRO and walk throughs from NC Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies,” said Commissioner J. Mac Daughety.
To better meet patients’ needs, Kinston Community Health Center, Inc., established an in-house full-service pharmacy located within the health center at 324 N. Queen Street in Kinston. The pharmacy will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, September 1, 2022, at 11:00 am. North Carolina State Senator Jim Perry will be in attendance.
Dr. Lin Dawson’s (former New England Patriot and Kinston High School standout) daughter, Jelyse Dawson is teaming up with the Kinston Community Health Center to increase health outcomes this Saturday at the Community Health & Wellness Fair in downtown Kinston.
4-H members from Lenoir and Jones counties recently explored food production, food safety, food distribution, and food science during a day of tours and activities in Raleigh.
We recently welcomed six New Graduate Nurses to the team! We are excited to have them join our team!
Greene Lamp partnered with Samaritan's Feet to bring 1,600 pairs of shoes for children, adults, and seniors to Kinston as part of their Defeeting Poverty Community Resource Fair. The resource fair is being held at Grainger Stadium, in the parking lot until 1:00 pm.
On August 9, 2022, during a short ceremony at the Kinston Community Center, Females in Action (FiA) donated $1,600 to the Lenoir County Special Olympics. Lisa Sylvia, on behalf of FiA, presented the check to Lynetta Powell with Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation Department and Ivey Price with Lenoir County Public Schools.
The new addition will be Kinston Community Pharmacy, the pharmacy will open for business on August 8th. The new pharmacy will be located at 324 N Queen St. Suite A in Kinston North Carolina. Our hours of operations will be Monday - Friday 9:00am to 6:00pm
Mushroom are health food all-stars, and lately I want to add them to everything!! They pack savory flavor to meals without adding much fat, calories or sodium. Researchers continue to discover how mushrooms can ward off chronic disease and improve your everyday health!
The Foundation of ECU Health Duplin Hospital recently awarded thirteen grants totaling $95,200 to not-for-profit organizations serving Duplin County for health-related projects.
The water consumers of Jones County Regional Water System, in Jones County on Caswell Station Rd. and British Rd. including all side roads will be experiencing periods of low pressure and outages in the distribution system starting on July 19th, 2022 due to waterline construction. Periods of low or no pressure in the distribution system increases the potential for back siphonage and introduction of bacteria into the water system.
Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order that takes several steps to defend access to reproductive health services in North Carolina. He was joined by Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and state reproductive care advocates to highlight actions to protect women’s access to reproductive health care.
The Greene County Sheriff’s office shared tips for a safe Fourth of July holiday. Greene County citizens should remember that fireworks, as enjoyable as they are to watch, can be dangerous and should be handled by professionals.
An unknown party has obtained patient related information including names, social security numbers, medical codes, street addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and genders of over 4700 patients.
Parents are advised to never leave a child unattended in a vehicle, not even for a few minutes; temperatures inside a car rapidly increase and can reach dangerous and fatal temperatures in as little as 10 minutes. In the United States, approximately 38 children under the age of 15 die each year from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle.
The Lenoir County Health Department received confirmation from the North Carolina State Laboratory that another raccoon has tested positive for rabies. The animal was located in the Northern part of Lenoir County.
