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Health secretary Mandy Cohen resigns, governor taps a successor

She led the state Department of Health and Human Services through massive changes to Medicaid and a historic pandemic.

by Rose Hoban and Anne Blythe December 1, 2021November 30, 2021

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Infectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Nov 30: What is and isn’t known about Omicron variant

by Anne Blythe November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

NC’s perennially popular senior centers eye post-COVID changes, modernized approaches

by Thomas Goldsmith November 30, 2021November 29, 2021

Infectious Disease

Religious burial rituals slowly resuming after shift forced by pandemic

by Nadia Bokhari November 29, 2021November 30, 2021

Healthcare Technology

Why you can’t find cheap at-home COVID tests

by Kaiser Health News November 27, 2021November 23, 2021

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State Health Policy

Housing for Afghan refugees is scarce, but Charlotte volunteers are gearing up to help

by Mona Dougani November 23, 2021November 22, 2021

State budget funds some mental health crisis response and hospital diversion efforts

by Taylor Knopf November 18, 2021November 29, 2021

Funds for opioid treatment in jails and after release; prison facility improvement in budget

by Elizabeth Thompson November 17, 2021November 16, 2021

Public Health

Budget directs Juul settlement funds toward tackling youth vaping and nicotine use

by Anne Blythe November 19, 2021November 29, 2021

Health Care Half Hour: Successful reentry – Health issues facing people leaving incarceration

by Editor and Elizabeth Thompson November 18, 2021November 18, 2021

Children and COVID-19 vaccine FAQ

by Carolina Public Press November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

Medicaid

Cancer health care workers in NC discuss the best way to achieve equity in care – and the answer could lie in Raleigh

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven November 16, 2021November 15, 2021

Three months into Medicaid transformation, providers say the new administrative burdens are crushing

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven October 19, 2021October 18, 2021

Feds put ‘special focus’ on 10 NC nursing homes with sketchy performance records

by Thomas Goldsmith October 12, 2021October 11, 2021

COVID-19 IN NC

COVID funds beef up health care spending in proposed state budget, which still lacks Medicaid expansion

by Anne Blythe, Rose Hoban, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Elizabeth Thompson and Thomas Goldsmith November 17, 2021November 19, 2021

Rural NC hospital opens more psychiatric beds to meet rising mental health need

by Taylor Knopf November 15, 2021November 14, 2021

Q & A about booster shots with a Duke infectious disease expert

by Elizabeth Thompson November 11, 2021November 10, 2021

COVID antibody tests won’t tell you what you want to know

by Pew Trusts November 11, 2021November 17, 2021

Children’s Health

Now that children aged 5 to 11 can get COVID vaccines, pediatrician offices are busy, busy, busy.

by Anne Blythe November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

How to prevent childhood hearing loss in rural areas? Start in schools, a new trial suggests

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven November 3, 2021November 4, 2021

Coronavirus Today – Oct 27 Waiting for greenlight to get COVID vaccines into arms of children, ages 5 to 11; What about a booster?

by Anne Blythe October 27, 2021October 27, 2021

Aging

NC Veterans Nursing Home managers get a new contract, profit boost, despite managing homes where COVID deaths took place

by Thomas Goldsmith October 26, 2021October 25, 2021

Changes for NC’s state veterans nursing homes proposed in pending budget bill

by Thomas Goldsmith September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

After complaints, NC restores familiar data source for seniors choosing Medicare supplements

by Thomas Goldsmith September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

Rural Health

Why do North Carolinians die of traumatic brain injuries at higher rates than the national average?

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven November 12, 2021November 11, 2021

‘No surprises’ legislation benefits rural residents starting January 1

by Daily Yonder November 6, 2021November 8, 2021

El índice de vacunación entre los residentes latinos de Carolina del Norte es más alto que el de la población no hispana

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven November 2, 2021November 1, 2021

Environmental Health

Decades of legal battles over pollution by industrial hog farms haven’t changed much for eastern NC residents burdened by environmental racism

by Melba Newsome October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Environmental lawsuit challenges NC biogas production from hog waste

by Carolina Public Press October 23, 2021October 22, 2021

Health Care Half Hour – Environmental justice in eastern NC

by Editor October 21, 2021October 25, 2021

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Gender health

Outside the binary and behind bars: Incarcerated transgender and intersex people face challenges

by Elizabeth Thompson November 22, 2021November 21, 2021

Supporting mothers through addiction as two public health crises converge

by Elizabeth Thompson October 15, 2021October 14, 2021

Postpartum Medicaid benefits could be extended to one year in budget

by Elizabeth Thompson October 7, 2021October 6, 2021

How a trans-led food pantry aims to eliminate food insecurity in WNC

by Elizabeth Thompson October 4, 2021October 12, 2021

Mental health

Virtual therapy may help, but isn’t for everyone

by Correspondent November 24, 2021November 23, 2021

Pakistani refugee in NC cannot escape the images of trauma from a land he fled years ago

by Nadia Bokhari November 5, 2021November 4, 2021

Did NC deputies overdose after an ‘exposure’ to fentanyl? Experts say that’s unlikely.

by Taylor Knopf November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Afghan refugees experiencing PTSD need mental health support as they resettle

by Mona Dougani November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

prison health

Evidence-based reentry resources key for sicker incarcerated population, researchers say

by Elizabeth Thompson November 8, 2021November 9, 2021

COVID outbreaks continue in NC jails, which are exempt from state vaccine mandate

by Elizabeth Thompson October 25, 2021October 24, 2021

Questions about COVID testing in NC prisons cause confusion, fear for inmates

by Elizabeth Thompson September 27, 2021September 26, 2021

NC prisons and jails reporting increased COVID cases amidst Delta surge

by Elizabeth Thompson August 27, 2021October 22, 2021

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Lessons From Abroad:

How Europeans have tackled opioid addiction and what the U.S. could learn from them.

Unequal Treatment

Mental health parity in North Carolina

Storm Stories

NC Health News works with teens from SE North Carolina to tell their hurricane experiences