Models project excessive demand for ICU beds, ventilators even with flatter curve New Mecklenburg Co model shows curve flattening, some social distancing needed into summer By Nick Ochsner | April 20, 2020 at 9:47 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 11:51 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - New model projections released by Mecklenburg County health…
CHARLOTTE — The county uses a lot of COVID-19 data that will help leaders decide when to relax the stay-at-home order. The county is now projecting Mecklenburg's peak to hit in mid-to-late June. County officials have not released the latest chart yet. The one from last week shows three lines, each based on a different…
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By WBTV Web Staff | April 17, 2020 at 7:43 PM EDT - Updated April 17 at 11:16 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Mecklenburg County has named seven nursing homes that are currently dealing with coronavirus outbreaks. With new data released Friday, Mecklenburg County Public Health (MCPH) will begin identifying long-term care facilities that report…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two