In what appears to becoming more prevalent it has been reported that a teenager attending a camp on NCCU campuses has acquired the H1N1 Virus. This news comes perilously close to when students will be arriving in mass for this year’s fall semester. The report based out of Wilson, North Carolina (N.C.) states that at least one high school aged student attending the camp at North Carolina Central University was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, also called the swine flu, this week.
The school’s officials said several other students in the Renaissance Upward Bound Camp had suspected cases of swine flu. The campers are all from Edgecombe and Durham counties. By Thursday, all campers had returned home, and the remainder of the camp was canceled. North Carolina Central University is continuing to monitor the problem and keep the campus community and visiting groups informed and updated.
The Swine Flu has become so widespread that health officials in North Carolina and around the world announced Friday they will no longer be tracking the number of cases. As of mid-July, there had been 395 confirmed cases of H1N1 in 64 counties and four deaths with about 12%t of the cases requiring hospitalization.
Health officials advise that the best ways to help lower risk to the flu is to practice basic prevention tips, including frequent hand washing, avoiding others exhibiting symptoms and staying at home, if sick.
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Rick Shapiro has practiced personal injury law for over 30 years in Virginia, North Carolina, and throughout the Southeastern United States. He is a Board-Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (ABA Accredited) and has litigated injury cases throughout the eastern United States, including wrongful death, trucking, faulty products, railroad, and medical negligence claims. During his three-decade career, Shapiro has won client appeals before the VA Supreme Court, VA Court of Appeals, NC Supreme Court, SC Supreme Court, WV Supreme Court, TN Supreme Court, and three times before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, underscoring Shapiro’s trial achievements. In addition, he and his law firm have won settlements/verdicts in excess of $100 million. His success in and out of the courtroom is a big reason why he was named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in railroad law in U.S. News & World Report's Best Lawyers publication (Norfolk, VA area), and he has been named a “Best Lawyer” and “Super Lawyer” by those peer-reviewed organizations for multiple years. Rick was also named a “Leader in the Law, Class of 2022” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly (total of 33 statewide honorees consisting of lawyers and judges across Virginia). And in September 2023, Rick was selected as a recipient of the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) 2023 President’s Award. Although many nominations were submitted from across the country, Rick was just one of eight attorneys chosen by the prestigious National Board which certifies civil trial attorneys across the U.S. Rick was also recently named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2024 Virginia’s Go To Lawyers Medical Malpractice. The attorneys awarded this honor are nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from the publication.
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