Early 2025 is being called the Winter of the “Quad-demic.” Covid, RSV, flu and walking pneumonia are all going around. A fifth virus is also on the rise nationwide: norovirus. A new strain of the infection, which is also known as ‘stomach flu,’ ‘the stomach bug’ and ‘winter vomiting disease,' is also spiking this season. Dr. Zach Willis of UNC Children's Hospital joins Due South to discuss symptoms, prevention and treatment.

Then, Warren County farmer Patrick Brown bought the plantation where his ancestors were once enslaved. He’s working to build a just and sustainable food system, to enrich both the soil and his community, on land once used to extract and exploit. Due South's Leoneda Inge talks to Brown, as well as to writer Christina Cooke and photographer Cornell Watson about the story they collaborated on about Brown and his work. The piece is called “Black Earth” and it recently appeared in The Bitter Southerner.