Coronavirus After The Outbreak Coverage

Nursing home installs 'visitor booth' during pandemic
A Texas nursing home set up a visitors booth so residents could see loved ones.

COVID-19 patient leaves hospital after 76 days
A woman opens up about her dad's journey with COVID-19 after he spend 76 days in the hospital.

Working from home: The new reality?
A new survey finds many Americans don't want to return to the office once COVID-19 dangers subside ... and more businesses are opening up to the idea of making working from home a permanent reality.

Deputy Secretary of State tours Johnston County facility working on COVID-19 treatment
The biotherapeutic company Grifols is hoping to send the first doses of their new medication to clinical trials sometime in July.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education virtual meeting
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education has scheduled a virtual special meeting about opening schools and remote learning based on the school system's Plan B option.

Durham Public Schools virtual town hall meeting
Durham Public Schools is hosting a virtual town hall meeting to provide more information on the group's plans to safely welcome students when the 2020-21 school year begins.

Five ways to help kids understand social distancing
Wibbitz has five ways you can teach your children to better understand social distancing.

Stay safe during summer travel
The family may want to get away for a little summer vacation, but is that safe during the coronavirus pandemic? The CDC is not advising canceling summer travel trips, but there are certain types of travel that can be more dangerous for infections.

Durham eases outdoor gathering limit, urges more health screenings
As Durham moves closer to the reopening of city and county government services, officials have amended the city-county Safer-At-Home order once again.

'Broken heart syndrome' has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, small study suggests
A study published Thursday found a significant increase in "broken heart syndrome" at two Ohio hospitals among some patients who don't have coronavirus, suggesting that the physical, social and economic stressors from the pandemic are taking a physical toll.

Texas company selling masks that make it easier to eat and drink
Face masks are helping to keep people safe during the coronavirus pandemic. But they can make it hard, especially when you're eating or drinking.

Durham Bulls release new T-shirt for fans
The Durham Bulls minor league baseball season is canceled this year. However, you have a new way to support the team.

Cumberland County's year-round schools will follow traditional calendar for 2020-21
Cumberland County Schools has announced that its four year-round schools will begin the 2020-21 school year following a traditional calendar. School will now start on Aug. 17 for those schools.

Reaction mostly positve for state law for students to return to class
WRAL's Kirsten Gutierrez has reaction, including from N.C. Superintendent Mark Johnson, about a N.C. law that says online classes can't be held for the first week of school.

DPS superintendent to recommend year-round schools operate at traditional schedule in 2020-21
The superintendent of Durham Public Schools will recommend at a specially called meeting later this month that year-round schools operate on a traditional calendar for the 2020-21 school year.

Trump to US schools: Reopen or you may lose federal funds
Determined to reopen America's schools despite coronavirus worries, President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hold back federal money if school districts don't bring their students back in the fall. He complained that his own public health officials' safety guidelines are impractical and too expensive.

Some private schools moving forward with plans to reopen
WRAL's Keely Arthur has more on two schools in our area which are making final preperations to reopen in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

NC law: No online classes for K-12 students for the first week of school
"There's no question that children are going to catch the virus," Senate leader says.

Research reveals Americans eager to travel again
The rise in COVID-19 cases across the country isn't keeping people home this summer.