Randolph County Public Health

20 Jun

WIC moves Archdale office to new address

Randolph RecordNewsrandolph county, Randolph County Public Health, WIC

ARCHDALE – The Women, Infants, and Children program office located in Archdale has moved to a new location along Balfour Drive. The WIC office has relocated to 215 Balfour Dr. Office hours at the Archdale location are Thursday’s from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. WIC, which is part of Randolph County Public Health, continues to provide services clients at the main program center at 1461 North Fayetteville St., Asheboro. Office hours at the Asheboro location are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Rabid foxes create concerns in Archdale

Bob SuttonNewsArchdale, Rabid foxes, Randolph County Public Health, Tara Aker

ARCHDALE – Randolph County officials put out a notice about three rabid foxes in Archdale late last week as a precaution, county health director Tara Aker said. “We don’t know if there’s any relationship with these three cases,” Aker said. “Do we have a group of foxes and they have the same den?” The foxes have been killed after biting people last month in Archdale, according to information from Randolph County Public Health. The people bitten have been treated. The cases stemmed from incidents on Fernwood Drive, Kreamer Drive and West White Drive. Aker said the bites happened within a…

First monkeypox case confirmed in Randolph County

Bob SuttonNewsMonkeypox, randolph county, Randolph County Public Health, Tara Aker

ASHEBORO – Randolph County has its first confirmed case of monkeypox. Tara Aker of Randolph County Public Health said after Monday’s announcement that “so far it’s an isolated case.” The unidentified individual is isolating at home, though no other information will be disclosed, with the health department citing patient privacy. “At this time, the risk of monkeypox transmission remains low,” Aker said, noting that the health department’s communicable disease team is monitoring the situation closely. Monkeypox is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and some other animals. It typically involves flu-like symptoms, swelling of the lymph nodes…