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DTH Photo Illustration. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched the Take Pride Now campaign in May.

NCDHHS launches Take Pride Now campaign to prevent spread of mpox

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched the Take Pride Now campaign on May 22 to prevent sexually transmitted infections, specifically mpox. Mpox was previously called monkeypox, but the World Health Organization recommended the new name due to stigmatizing language reportedly being used to describe the disease.

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Gov. Roy Cooper is pictured speaking in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019.

'A slap in the face': Gov. Cooper declares a state of emergency for public education

Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency for public education in a special address on May 22.  In his speech, he said legislation introduced — including the budget passed by the Senate — by the Republican supermajority in the NCGA would cripple public education.  The budget passed by the Senate on May 18 allocated $23.2 billion over the next two years towards K-12 education. Gov. Cooper’s proposed budget allocated $27.7 billion.

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