Name: Your voice could soon provide clue as to whether you're infected with coronavirus
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Description: Steve Hoover, vice president of laboratory operations for Raleigh-based Mako Medical, discusses the company's efforts to test for coronavirus variants and a new app that can recommend people for virus testing by the sound of their voices.

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Steve Hoover, vice president of laboratory operations for Raleigh-based Mako Medical, discusses the company's efforts to test for coronavirus variants and a new app that can recommend people for virus testing by the sound of their voices.

3300 NEW CASES A DAY. THAT IS THE LOWEST WE'VE SEEN SINCE BEFORE THANKSGIVING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT CURVE IS TRENDING DOWNWARD. >>> WE ARE PEELING BACK THE DATA IN SOME OF THOSE POSITIVE TESTS, AND EXAMINING THE VARIANTS TRYING TO START TO SHOW UP AND NORTH CAROLINA. SOME RESEARCHERS ARE SAMPLING POSITIVE CASES TO TRACK HOW THE VIRUS IS EVOLVING, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHICH VARIANTS WE ARE SEEING EMERGE HERE. THE LATEST SAMPLING ACROSS NINE STATES FOUND 88 VARIANTS, THE MOST IN A ONE WEEK PERIOD SINCE SEQUENCING BEGAN IN JANUARY. THE VARIANTS FROM THE UK IS THE MOST COMMON. THEY FOUND 10 CASES IN ITS SAMPLE POOL FOR NORTH CAROLINA. JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS INFORMATION IS USED, AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SPREAD, IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF LABORATORY OPERATIONS, STEVE HOOVER. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> LET'S START WITH HOW ARE STATES USING THIS INFORMATION? >> I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE TAKING A SAMPLING. SEQUENCING IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROCESS. UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T SEQUENCE ALL THE POSITIVES THAT WE ARE SEEING, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO GET A SAMPLE SIZE, ESPECIALLY OF THE UK VARIANT. WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT VERY VALUABLE DATA BACK TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE VARIOUS STATES. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. UNFORTUNATE, IT IS A SAMPLE IN SIZE. WE WANT TO DO MORE OF THIS WORK. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK, AND WE THINK IT IS DATA THAT WE WANT TO GET TO NOT ONLY THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, THE CDC, WHERE VACCINE MAKERS HAVE TO SEE THAT DATA. >> WE ARE SEEING THE UNITED KINGDOM VARIANT HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN VARIANT. THE TEAM ONLY FOUND CASES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 11 TO BE EXACT. ONLY ONE OF THE UK VARIANT THERE. HOW DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THIS SPECIFIC MUTATION IS SPREADING IN SOUTH CAROLINA? >> THE SOUTH AFRICAN VARIANT IS A LITTLE TRICKIER TO PICK UP ON. THE UK VARIANT GIVES US KIND OF A TIPOFF. ALL THE OTHER VARIANTS, WHETHER THEY ARE SOUTH AFRICAN, DENMARK, OR BRAZILIAN, THEY DON'T GIVE THAT TIP OFF. WE HAVE TO SEQUENCE THOSE. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD SEQUENCE OUR ENTIRE POOL OF POSITIVES, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD TO. WE DID FIND QUITE A FEW IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WE'VE KIND OF TARGETED CERTAIN REGIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN SOUTH AFRICAN VARIANTS POP UP IN. >> THIS IS OUR FINAL QUESTION. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR COMPANY IS WORKING ON INNOVATIVE AND NONINVASIVE COVID SCREENING TECHNOLOGY, WHICH MAY HELP JUMPSTART MASS GATHERINGS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS? >> WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE ALWAYS TRY TO PIVOT TO THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY. IT HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. IT'S A METHOD COMBINED WITH AI TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RESPIRATORY INFLAMMATION. OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT MARKER TO DIAGNOSING COVID. IT IS A NONINVASIVE TECHNOLOGY, IT'S A VOICE APP THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT ON YOUR PHONE. SO, VERY EXCITING TECHNOLOGY FOR US, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE HOPING TO BRING TO THE MASSES. FOR US, IT WAS HOW DO WE SCREEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE A DAY? THIS IS KIND OF OUR SOLUTION FOR THAT. WE HOPE WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF FDA APPROVAL FOR THIS. MORE TO COME ON THAT. IT IS VERY EXCITING TECHNOLOGY FOR US. >> FASCINATING. PLEASE KEEP US IN THE LOOP WITH THIS PROCESS AS YOU GET APPROVAL FOR IT. STEVE HOOVER. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME

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<p>Hi, everyone. Meteorologist Anthony Baglione here on this Friday where we're still looking at some relatively warm temperatures into this afternoon. 83 is where we should hit for a high temperature. Nice and quiet for us until we get later on into late this afternoon into this evening where we're gonna watch the potential for some showers and storms coming through. Not a ton of activity for us as we head later on into tonight. There's a look at rain chances though. They go up to about 50% as we head into that evening time frame. So if you have any plans tonight, if you want to go out and get a Friday evening dinner or something like that, it might be a good idea to a, get the indoor table and then b bring along the reindeer just in case tonight. Here's a look at Future cast. So we time this out looking pretty quiet here the next couple of hours that band back to our west, it should start to weaken as it gets closer to us. It may try and restrengthen them as we get into. Like there's four o'clock you can see on Futurecast 56 o'clock or so, some of those storms could be on the stronger side and then it pushes out of here as we get later on into tonight and then we see maybe a stray shower potential still outline for tomorrow morning. Here's a look at our severe potential today. Level one out of five for most of the viewing area. What this is saying is there could be some isolated pockets where we get some stronger storms. It looks like the best chances for that would be west of us. But gusty winds would be our primary threat as we get into this evening. 78 is where we go for our Saturday. A huge temperature swing there into Sunday at 59 scattered showers are gonna be likely though, especially Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening, they do start to taper off though late Sunday night. So for the Tar Heel 10 miler, that's tomorrow morning, we are proud partners of that. We're going to see temperatures in the sixties for the majority of the forecast there. A stray showers possible, but most of the morning is looking just fine for that event. Tomorrow. We head over the next seven. We go from 83 today all the way down to 59 on Sunday. A rebound of 66 on Monday and then a nice week next week attempts in the seventies, even a few upper sixties there Thursday looking pretty quiet after we get some rainfall there to close out our weekend.</p>

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Good evening. I'm Gayle Hurd. Welcome to tonight's joins for Thursday, April 18th, 2024. Well, let's get started tonight with our Carolina pick three. Our first winning number is a three. Our second number is three also and our third number tonight is two and our pick three. Fireball number is one. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconal and Jones L LP. Now let's move to the Carolina pick four. Good luck. Everyone is that first winning pick four number. It's a seven. Our second number is six. Third number tonight is seven again and our fourth number is two and our pick for a fireball number is an eight. We're turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one was the top prize tonight. Tomorrow, our prize is estimated at $235,000. Good luck. Everyone. Who's that first winning cash five number. It's 22. Second number is five third number tonight is it 25. Our fourth number is 10 and the final number in our cash drive this evening is 21. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education Thanks to your support. Get your winning numbers right here every night in your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery. Thanks for playing. Have a great night.

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Good afternoon. I'm back. Global. Welcome to this news drawings for Thursday, April 18th, 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick three. The first pick three numbers zero. The second is one, the third is six that are pick three. Fireball number is one. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor for a con and Jones L LP. Now move on to Carolina pick for the first four. Number is three. The second is for the third is 54, is seven in our pick four. Fireball number is nine. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and thanks for playing.

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After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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Is powerball. Good evening, everyone. I'm Randy Trainer. Tonight. We have our life changing jackpot. It's estimated to be $80.7 million to get your tickets ready. Here. Come, tonight's winning numbers. Let's start things off this evening with the number 24. Right after that America. We have the number 54 and congratulations to Lisa Hayes from Illinois. She won $2 million playing powerball. All right, the rest of your winning number is 4447. And let's round it out tonight with the number 29 and tonight's win powerball number that's gonna be two and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take a look at tonight's winning numbers. Remember there are multiple ways to win. Good luck, everyone. We'll see you back here on Saturday night. It's time to play America's favorite.

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