By Charlotte Huff Kaiser Health News As abortion bans go into effect across a contiguous swath of the South, cancer physicians are wrestling with how new state laws will influence their discussions with pregnant patients about what treatment options they can offer. Cancer coincides with roughly 1 in 1,000 pregnancies, most frequently breast cancer, melanoma, […]
Posted inMedicaid
Health Care Half Hour – The Healthy Opportunities Pilot
by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven As the Healthy Opportunities Pilot takes off, how are organizations using the program to better serve their clients? We discussed this topic with Sonya Jones, co-founder of Caja Solidaria. As of August 18, Caja Solidaria has 47 referrals for the HOP program. Jones believes the program will be good for not only […]
Posted inInfectious Disease
Not socially distant: NC rates of sexually transmitted disease climb during the pandemic and beyond
By Rose Hoban New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released last week show that during 2020, the height of the pandemic when many were purportedly staying away from others, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) climbed sharply. That was after STIs in the U.S. had reached an all-time high for the […]
Posted inEnvironmental Health
Warren County commemorates 40 years of environmental justice struggle
By Will Atwater At around 7 a.m. last Saturday, cars began collecting in the parking lot of Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church in rural Warren County. Across the road, the sun rose above a mixture of pines and deciduous trees that border a green field. Located somewhere in the distance, a generator’s mechanical hum was […]
Posted inRural Health
A new rural family medicine residency to begin in Pender County
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven In rural areas, family medicine doctors often serve as both the foundation of the local health care system and the gateway to higher levels of specialized care. But not everyone has equal access to these providers. In North Carolina there’s an average of about 28 doctors for every 10,000 people, according to […]
Posted inGender health
Shifting strategies for monkeypox vaccines
By Anne Blythe Raynard Washington, the Mecklenburg County health director, takes umbrage when he hears people say the monkeypox vaccine clinic staged at the Charlotte Pride celebration last month fell short of expectations. In mid-August, Mecklenburg Public Health worked with the state Department of Health and Human Services to administer the Jynneos vaccine at the […]