The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says at least 23 people have been urged to get rabies shots following the disclosure that four patients received organs from an infected donor.
Public health agencies in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland and North Carolina began searching at least a week ago for people who may have been exposed.
A man in Maryland who got a kidney from the donor in 2011 died of rabies. Organs from the same Air Force airman went to three other recipients, all of whom remain healthy.
The CDC said Tuesday that health officials in the five states found more than 500 people who might have had contact with a recipient, the donor or an organ. About 90 percent of them have been assessed for risk of infection.
Monday, May 20 2013 5:17 PM EDT2013-05-20 21:17:01 GMT
A Goldsboro man has been arrested and charged with first-degree kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon with an intent to kill inflicting serioius injury. Scott Michael Nielsen, 23, was given $100,000
Scott Michael Nielsen, 23, was given $100,000 secured bond.
Monday, May 20 2013 5:09 PM EDT2013-05-20 21:09:02 GMT
A North Carolina inmate due for release in five months is facing additional prison time after a brief escape from a minimum-security lockup. The state Department of Public Safety says 22-year-old Jacob
A North Carolina inmate due for release in five months is facing additional prison time after a brief escape from a minimum-security lockup.
Monday, May 20 2013 3:52 PM EDT2013-05-20 19:52:26 GMT
A 2-year-old boy is recovering after Randolph County deputies say he found a handgun inside his home, put it in his mouth, and the weapon fired. Deputies say the toddler found his father's .45-caliber
Deputies say the toddler found his father's .45-caliber handgun in his parents' bedroom on Saturday.
Sunday, May 19 2013 4:30 PM EDT2013-05-19 20:30:50 GMT
A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed
A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated.
Sunday, May 19 2013 3:36 PM EDT2013-05-19 19:36:21 GMT
In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown. At the
Charlotte managed to integrate peacefully, unlike some other Southern cities, in the 1960s.
Monday, May 20 2013 4:29 PM EDT2013-05-20 20:29:10 GMT
Valonda Calloway and Mike Morse
WNCN is proud to welcome local radio celebrity Mike Morse to co-host "My Carolina Today" with Valonda Calloway. Morse joins Calloway after enjoying nine years of unprecedented ratings success with "The
Mike Morse will join Valonda Calloway on the show.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:04 AM EDT2013-05-21 10:04:41 GMT
TransLoc founder and CEO, Josh Whiton
Raleigh-based company TransLoc, Inc. was recently awarded the White House Champion of Change award in Washington, D.C. for their live bus tracking mobile apps and website.
Raleigh-based company TransLoc, Inc. was recently awarded the White House Champion of Change award in Washington, D.C. for their live bus tracking mobile apps and website.
