Information collected by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research shows that more high school football players suffered catastrophic brain injuries in 2011 than at any time since the center began to compile data. The center, which started to accumulate brain injury data in 1984, is located at the University of North Carolina. In […]
Read moreAn accident on northbound Interstate 95 involving three tractor-trailer trucks left one driver dead and one in critical condition Wednesday, May 9. The driver of the third truck was treated and released from the hospital. Truck driver John Michael Jenkins of Rincon, Ga. died early Thursday morning in the Jacee Burn Center of University of […]
Read moreOct. 9, 2012 is the deadline to apply for a loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for economic disaster as a result of the drought and excessive heat throughout 2011 in North Carolina. The loans are available to: Small businesses Small agricultural cooperatives Small business engaged in aquaculture Most private non-profit organizations of all […]
Read moreOwners of at least 21 homes on Stony Hill Road near Wake Forest, North Carolina are worried about the well water they’ve been drinking for years. Nearby residents also are concerned. According to Wral.com, the water from their wells tested positive for TCE, a cancer causing substance used to clean up grease. Soil contamination by […]
Read moreA Rockwell Rural firefighter en route September 26 to a car crash on Fisher Road was ejected from his SUV when the tread on his rear tire was torn apart and the vehicle overturned. Trying to keep control of his Ford Explorer, Josh Jacobs, 30, was catapulted from the vehicle when it flipped, according to […]
Read moreThe answer to a case, which is expected in June, will help shape how North Carolina and other states reclaim Medicaid funds that are spent on patient care. Currently, in North Carolina, the state can legally claim one-third of a medical malpractice settlement or judgment awarded to a Medicaid patient. However, those in opposition claim […]
Read moreAuthorities in Durham are investigating the cause of a fatal car accident that killed one woman and injured three others. The accident occurred Wednesday, Jan. 9 just before 9 a.m. According to a report by ABC Local, a white sedan lost control and hit a Jeep that was traveling southbound on Guess Road near Milton […]
Read moreCharged with felony hit and run with injury, a Durham driver turned himself in to police after initially fleeing the scene of the accident Jan 14. Kirk Brown, of Ridge Road in Durham, told ABC11 he didn’t know he had hit anyone. The injured was Steve Saltzman, a bicyclist who was riding about 7 a.m., […]
Read moreSurgical mistakes that doctors should never make because they are preventable happen a minimum of 4,000 times a year, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. Such events can include forgetting a sponge, towel or other foreign object inside the patient’s body after surgery. This type of mistake was found by the researchers to occur at least […]
Read moreAfter more than an hour’s wait on an empty school bus, a six-year-old with epilepsy and a sensory disorder was finally discovered on Wednesday, Feb. 6, ABC-11 reported Thursday. J.D. Baynon’s mother told the news station that after finally returning home he suffered a grand mal seizure, probably because of the stress the incident caused, […]
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