2020 - Page 9 of 79 - North Carolina Health News

Steve North and Amanda Martin of the Center for Rural Health Innovation, which administers the Spruce Pine-based MY Health-e-Schools program.

Children's Health

School-based health centers fill rural provider vacuum

by Melba Newsome November 17, 2020February 8, 2021

Strawberry plants, using plastic ground covers, which help prevent weeds. Photo courtesy NC State University

Children's Health

More farmworker women are bringing their children to work during the pandemic

by Hannah Critchfield November 16, 2020November 28, 2020

Shows the windowed wall of an ICU room containing a COVID patient. You can only see the patient's feet. This could be someone with a disability.

Infectious Disease

‘Breakthrough finding’ points to why certain COVID patients die

by KFF Health News November 15, 2020January 27, 2021

we see a man kayaking away from the photographer down the French Broad River toward a wall of trees and wide blue skies

Environmental Health

Gauging the lead threat in NC waters and aquatic life

by Carolina Public Press November 14, 2020January 27, 2021

A woman holds a tiny card with a brush, demonstrating a colorectal cancer screening that can be done at home.

Health Inequities

Providers at this NC colon cancer hotspot seek to shrink the screening gap with at-home tests

by Liora Engel-Smith November 13, 2020January 27, 2021

Shows a brunette woman in a dark dress standing at a podium, with a grim, determined look on her face as she looks at the camera. She's worried about the state of North Carolina's COVID outbreak. IN the upper right hand corner, a sign language interpreter gestures with his hands.

Infectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Nov. 12 COVID spread in rural NC; Testing for holiday travelers and college students; Insurance and travel testing

by Anne Blythe November 12, 2020October 27, 2022