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Mercy Urgent Care receives National Award

Mercy Urgent Care was recently honored as the recipient of the Urgent Care Association’s 2025 Humanitarian Award for its service to the Western North Carolina community in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Each year, UCA, the trade association for urg…

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Mercy Urgent Care to open ninth location in Boone

Update 3/20/25: Mercy Urgent Care is pleased to announce that it has broken ground on its new location in Boone. Located in the Watauga Village Shopping Center near Walmart and Michaels, the Boone clinic will be the ninth Mercy Urgent Care location in…

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Norovirus Season: What to know

Ah, the classic signs of winter: freezing temperatures, icy roads and empty tissue boxes. It’s no secret that winter is a time when illnesses are prominent. Coughs, colds and viruses are seemingly running rampant, thanks to drier air and an increase in…

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Don’t be a ‘turkey’ this November

Celebration, family fun and the promise of a big meal often take center stage around the holidays, but it’s important to remember that things still can (and do) go awry — even during the most joyous of festivities. In fact, house fires increase mo…

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Occ-Med services post Hurricane Helene

On September 27, all eight Mercy Urgent Care clinics closed their doors for what we assumed would be one day. No one expected Hurricane Helene to cause the level of devastation to Western North Carolina that it did. After making sure our staff was safe…

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Hurricane Relief Resources

Our hearts are devastated at the destruction caused throughout Western North Carolina by Hurricane Helene. As of Sunday, October 13, all eight of our clinics have reopened and are seeing patients. A master list of resources including where to find food…

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