2 NC counties are under alert, including Cumberland County.

In all three of these sewer blowback cases, the homes were below the grade of the road or downstream from the main sewer line itself.

How sewage floods at home turned into nightmares for Raleigh families

Sewage floods inside Raleigh homes

The North Carolina Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public for health reasons, following an emotional debate about the wisdom of the proposal.


NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons

Protestors gather in Graham 

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Historically in North Carolina, February and March are when the state sees the most deaths from the flu. Fortunately, doctors and Consumer Reports have some tips on preventative measures you can take, and what to do if your child does get sick

Steps you can take to prevent your child from getting sick, and what to do if they do

Child washing his hands

Children bring home many wonderful things from day care and school - knowledge, improved skills, new friends. In the fall and winter, though, it may seem as if they also bring home a new virus every week. 

How to care for your child's cold

Sick child, toddler 

Symptoms of scrub typhus include fever, chills, headache, and body aches.

YOU ALWAYS GET A LIVE LOOK AT THE RADAR AND ANY WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA. >> ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THESE PESKY RED BUGS? THEY LEAVE HORRENDOUSLY ITCHY BITES. ON YA, THEIR COACH SUGARS. AND NEW RESEARCH OUT OF NC STATE REVEALS THAT NORTH CAROLINA TRIGGERS CARRY A TYPE OF BACTERIA THAT'S BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE A POTENTIALLY DEADLY DISEASE. WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES EXPLAINS HOW THIS RESEARCH IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN STOPPING POSSIBLE ILLNESSES. ACTUALLY, THIS RESEARCH WAS FUNDED BY NIH, NC STATE RESEARCHERS SAY IF THERE IS A HEALTH CONCERN THAT'S LINKED TO THESE BUGS. >> THEN WORK CAN BEGIN ON TRYING TO CONTROL THE POPULATION MUCH LIKE WE ALREADY DO WITH TAX SO WE CAN BETTER ENJOY WALKING THROUGH GRASS OR WALK AROUND THE LAKE. >> IT'S CAN JUST DO A BIDEN FOR VICTORIA GREEN, A BEAUTIFUL NORTH CAROLINA SUMMER BRINGS SOME PASTS. I GET ALLERGIC BY BUGS. AND I IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IRRITATING ONE OF THOSE BAGS. SUGARS. A RED MIGHT SMALL ENOUGH TO SIT ON THE HEAD OF A PIN THAT CAN LEAVE US WITH NASTY BITES BURNING IT KEY. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT RED NEWS INFLAMMATION. ITS SCIENTISTS HAVE OTHER CONCERNS RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T KNOW THESE CHARACTERS. >> CALLS IN A CAR AND YOUR LITTLE. THE UNITED STATES NC STATE RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING MICHAEL WROTE ALONG WITH RESEARCHERS OUT OF UNC, GREENSBORO FOUND SUGARS IN NORTH CAROLINA, CARRY BACTERIA KNOWN TO CAUSE THE POTENTIALLY FATAL DISEASE SCRUB TYPHUS >> SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER AND CHILLS, HEADACHE AND BODY ACHES. ACCORDING TO THE CDC THIS RESEARCH LEAVES A BIG QUESTION. WE DON'T KNOW IF THESE SUGARS AIRING THIS BACTERIA WILL COST YOU. ONE ARE AT ABOUT THE SAME SCRIPT TIGHT. THIS HAS NOT BEEN FOUND IN THE U.S. RIGHT NOW. IT'S MAINLY IN ASIA. >> BUT NC STATE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT THE BACTERIA THAT'S A LINKED TO THE DISEASE IS HERE. NOTICE NO ONE EVER LOOK FOR BEFORE. >> THAT WAS SORT OF THE THING THAT WE'RE OFFERING. OUR ROAD TELLS WRAL THAT THE EARLIER THIS RESEARCH IS DONE, THE BETTER THEY CAN PREVENT POSSIBLE DISEASES AND ALLOW NATURE LOVERS TO CARRY ON. THAT MAKES ME MORE FEARFUL TO COME OUTSIDE ACTUALLY. BUT I'M LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUMMER TIME AND WE ALL WANT TO BE OUT THERE. >> AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS BACTERIA HAS NOT BEEN FOUND TO SHOW DISEASES IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS IN THE U.S. AT THIS POINT. BUT, YOU KNOW, ASHLEY. >> WORKING NIGHTS WERE WORKING WITH THESE LIGHTS ALL THE TIME. BUGS ARE FLOCKING THERE. SO IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO USE SOME BUG SPRAY TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE HUMID FILLED SUMMER NIGHT. GET THAT SPRAY IT. SHE JUST THINKING ABOUT THEM.

North Carolina Chiggers may pose health risk, researchers find

Scrub Typhus Bacteria found in Chiggers in NC 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday released a warning on thermal imaging systems used to measure body temperature during the pandemic. 



FDA releases warning on 'fever cameras,' calling some inaccurate 

Thermal scanner

Just like sprouting that first tooth, scraping a knee while learning to walk and going to kindergarten, every child will eventually experience a fever. Still, it can be a scary experience, especially for first-time parents.

A guide to treating fever in children

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