pandemic

Black Friday finally dead? Some retail experts say yes

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 8, 2020

Against the background of a pandemic and retail sales on the decline, many retail experts are warning that Black Friday could soon become a thing of the past.

HQ Raleigh reopens doors, gives snapshot of what this ‘new normal’ looks like

Posted by WRAL News | May 21, 2020

HQ Raleighs events manager Sarah Chick looks at a few of the ways companies at HQ are creating their own new normal and adjusting, adapting, and strategizing to create their own best practices for a post-stay at home order.

UNC seeks $125M to discover new drugs against future pandemic

Posted by WRAL News | Apr 10, 2020

The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) involves researchers from the UNC School of Medicine, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Here’s why coronavirus is so dangerous + how to protect yourself

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 17, 2020

Here’s what makes the coronavirus so unusual and what you can do to protect yourself.

Black Death return? Plague strikes in China for 2nd time in 7 months

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 13, 2019

Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities saiy. It’s the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, has been detected in the region. Here is an update.