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FDA recommends Moderna, Johnson & Johnson booster shots

October 14, 2021 Updated Oct. 22, 2021

Millions of Americans are closer to being eligible for a COVID vaccine booster.

What Colin Powell’s death tells us about COVID

October 20, 2021

Vaccines remain the best defense against COVID-19

All-female team at breast cancer center was a ‘happy accident’

October 20, 2021

Dr. Kristina Shaffer, a breast surgeon who's part of an all-female care team in Mint Hill, spoke to us about breast health for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

COVID patient thought the end was near. So she recorded a video.

October 20, 2021

She gazed out the window of the swaying aircraft as it sped across the mountains towards the city. The flight would be the beginning of a two-month fight for her life.

The nurse and the COVID patient: A story of connection

October 19, 2021

“He was just looking out of the window,” she said. “Tears were in his eyes.”

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Brain Health

How a doctor got his first lesson in dementia from beloved grandmother

August 21, 2019

The new Novant Health Memory Care in Winston-Salem is designed with patients and their families in mind.

Stroke

Virtual program saves stroke patient, 76

June 24, 2019

A quick diagnosis through a video connection can save valuable time in treating stroke patients.

Women's Health

Too young to have a stroke? That’s what they thought, too.

January 29, 2019

Learn how two young women define our preconceptions of whom stroke affects and how it affects them.

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