Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday to mark the opening of a critical care facility on its Winston-Salem campus.

Atrium Health says it will invest $100 million to support the recruitment and retention of providers in the Yadkin Valley region.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has grown considerably during Dr. Julie Freischlag's tenure, with a new critical care tower, birth center and additions of medical centers in High Point and Wilkes County.

The Tourette Association of America has recognized the Wake Forest University School of Medicine as a "Center of Excellence" for its research and treatment of Tourette Syndrome and other similar tic disorders.

WFDD reached out to area health systems seeking more information about how they are adjusting to the policy change that allows ICE officers to enforce immigration law inside hospitals. Few responded.

Hospitals are trying to slow the spread of respiratory viruses during peak cold and flu season.

Hospital officials say the move comes amid a decline in respiratory virus cases.

On Thursday, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist became the first health system in the region to treat an Alzheimer's disease patient with the new medication lecanemab, according to the Winston-Salem-based health system.

Investigators conducted interviews with affected residents and completed environment assessments of the water, soil, and air surrounding the fertilizer plant.

As the respiratory viral season picks up, local infectious disease expert Dr. Christopher Ohl gave an update Friday on three major viruses health care providers are seeing.