Hurricane Helene: Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc on historic Biltmore Estate in North Carolina

Biltmore Estate (Picture Credit: X) Hurricane Helene has caused significant damage to Asheville’s famous attraction Biltmore Estate.The 8,000-acre estate that hosts 1.4 million visitors a

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: Birnbaum headlines North Carolina health conference

Approximately 300 of the state’s public health leaders convened Jan. 24-25 at the North Raleigh Hilton to discuss efforts to make North Carolina one of

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: PFAS — a problem in North Carolina drinking water

Researchers, community members, and others gathered Feb. 14 at the NIEHS-funded Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE) at North Carolina State University (NCSU),

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Environmental Factor – December 2019: North Carolina scientists, policymakers take on PFAS

Toxicologists, policy analysts, industry and community representatives, and North Carolina state legislators met Oct. 23-24 in Durham, for a summit on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

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Biden lands in South Carolina to view Hurricane Helene damage, deploys 1,000 troops

Marine One carrying U.S. President Joe Biden flies, as Biden visits North and South Carolina to survey storm damage and meet with officials in the

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Death toll soars in U.S. from storm Helene, North Carolina reeling

The death toll from powerful storm Helene jumped to at least 91 on Sunday, with one county in North Carolina alone reporting 30 deaths, authorities

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Environmental Factor – April 2021: Freezer donations add COVID-19 vaccine storage capacity in North Carolina

On March 16, NIEHS shipped 11 ultracold laboratory-grade freezers to the North Carolina (NC) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), thanks to a grassroots

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Carolina Dybeck Happe resigns from Ericsson’s Board of Directors

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announces that Carolina Dybeck Happe has decided to resign from its Board of Directors. Dybeck Happe has

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Environmental Factor – July 2022: North Carolina Fish Forum turns research collaboration into action

Researchers across three NIEHS-funded universities and their stakeholders organized the North Carolina Fish Forum in 2019 to understand the process of setting fish consumption advisories and

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Environmental Factor – November 2022: Climate, chemicals, and Carolina focus of NCSOT annual conference

Environmental epidemiology, citizen science, and the public health effects of climate change were among the topics highlighted at the North Carolina Society of Toxicology (NCSOT)

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