Medical-Legal Partnership in Western North Carolina

North Carolina medical legacy.

126 NCMJ vol. 76, no. 2 ncmedicaljournal.com To the Editor—The house pictured on the cover of the January 2015 issue of the NCMJ has a legacy in North Carolina medicine. It is the Caldwell home in Cataloochee, North Carolina. Cataloochee Valley was settled in 1814, with the first family being the Caldwells. The house was constructed in 1903–1906 by my great-great-uncle, Hiram Caldwell. His neph...

Medical women of North Carolina.

A Partnership Framework for Geospatial Data Preservation in North Carolina

The North Carolina Geospatial Data Archiving Project (NCGDAP) is a joint project of the NC State University Libraries and the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis focusing on collection and preservation of state and local agency digital geospatial data resources. The project is being carried out in collaboration with the Library of Congress under the National Digital Information In...

Characterization of Arboviral Disease in Western North Carolina

John Whitworth Wallace: Characterization of arboviral disease in western North Carolina (Under the direction of Steven R. Meshnick) La Crosse encephalitis (LACE) is the most commonly reported mosquito-borne illness in North Carolina, and the annual incidence of LACE in NC is among the highest in the nation—North Carolina accounts for 25% of all LACE cases reported to the Centers for Disease Con...

Overview of emergency medical services in North Carolina.