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Duke, despite tobacco industry ties, says no to smoking on campus. Even e-cigs.

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Duke, despite tobacco industry ties, says no to smoking on campus. Even e-cigs. - North Carolina Health News

Vaping will be part of a new smoke-free policy on the Durham campus this summer.

By Anne Blythe Duke University, a college campus with deep roots in tobacco money, is set to go smoke-free this summer, but it’s more than tobacco products that will be banned. Administrators announced in an email to students earlier this month that e-cigarettes and vaping products will be included in the ban, too. The smoke […]

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Coronavirus risk remains low in NC, but health officials plan for it just in case

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Coronavirus risk remains low in NC, but health officials plan for it just in case - North Carolina Health News

State epidemiologist Zack Moore outlines the state’s coronavirus planning as illness spreads in China.

By Anne Blythe Even before news feeds were disseminating story after story on the coronavirus outbreak in China, North Carolina’s state epidemiologist and others dedicated to protecting the public’s health were in high gear. Zack Moore, the state epidemiologist and a physician who has been with the North Carolina Division of Public Health since 2006, […]

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Duke-UNC basketball rivalry has lessons for Medicaid transformation

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Duke-UNC basketball rivalry has lessons for Medicaid transformation - North Carolina Health News

NC lawmakers get a bit of locker room talk with their latest Medicaid transformation update.

By Anne Blythe Whether you believe that politics has become a blood sport or sports have become too political, it’s hard to dispute the long-standing comparisons between the two. So on Tuesday, when key North Carolina lawmakers came together to talk about the state Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to put an indefinite […]

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This dentist and his teams come to their patients. Their focus is special needs populations.

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This dentist and his teams come to their patients. Their focus is special needs populations. - North Carolina Health News

Bill Milner of Access Dental Care has a mobile dentistry fleet for the elderly, HIV patients, people with autism and other special needs.

By Anne Blythe As Bill Milner pulled disposable green medical gloves onto his hands, the man in the dental chair beside him offered a preview of what the dentist was about to see inside his mouth. A front tooth was gone, and it just might have been lost to an altercation, the patient said. “Did […]

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Federal health officials ask how they can help NC improve maternal health. They get an earful.

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Federal health officials ask how they can help NC improve maternal health. They get an earful. - North Carolina Health News

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid, Medicare administrators came to Raleigh for guidance on North Carolina’s maternal health needs.

By Anne Blythe Health care administrators traveled from the nation’s capital to the state capital this week as part of a listening tour on how the federal government could help North Carolina address some of its thornier maternal health issues. They got plenty of feedback from the dozens of North Carolina caregivers, patients, administrators and […]

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NC dentists and dental hygienists have been in a long tug-of-war over practice limits. Hygienists just gained a bit of ground.

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NC dentists and dental hygienists have been in a long tug-of-war over practice limits. Hygienists just gained a bit of ground. - North Carolina Health News

New scope of practice rules mean dental hygienists will be freer to practice without dentists present. Dentists were OK with the changes.

By Anne Blythe Many of North Carolina’s school children in rural and low-wage areas who have never seen a dentist could have greater access to oral health care soon. On Jan. 16, the legislative rules review commission adopted a long-telegraphed change to scope of practice rules for North Carolina dental hygienists, an amendment that goes […]

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NC dentists join AG Josh Stein in effort to fight opioid epidemic

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NC dentists join AG Josh Stein in effort to fight opioid epidemic - North Carolina Health News

After pulling your wisdom teeth, your dentist might not prescribe opioids as the first line of attack against the surgical pain.

By Anne Blythe Holiday breaks for many teens and college students might often include a bit of bah humbug in a dentist’s office. Many young people schedule wisdom teeth extractions then so they can have a few days to recover at home without missing classes or work. The experience can be one of the more […]

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#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina

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#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina looks for ways to close prominent racial disparity gaps in infant mortality and maternal health rates.

By Anne Blythe The harrowing anecdotes have become all too familiar. Tennis icon Serena Williams shared details of her traumatic postnatal health scare in a Vogue cover story in early 2018. Superstar Beyonce revealed particulars from her exceedingly difficult pregnancy and near-death experience during the emergency C-section birth of her twins in the same magazine […]

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Gov. Cooper signs Storm Recovery Act despite concerns

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Gov. Cooper signs Storm Recovery Act despite concerns - North Carolina Health News

Nearly $180 million in help is on the way for North Carolina recovery and resiliency projects related to hurricanes Dorian, Florence, Matthew and Michael.

By Anne Blythe A political storm that brewed last week between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders over language in the Storm Recovery Act of 2019 calmed this week. The Democratic governor signed the bill into law, approving the release of some $180 million in state funds for recovery and resilience projects related to […]

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NC’s Medicaid transformation suspended indefinitely

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NC’s Medicaid transformation suspended indefinitely - North Carolina Health News

With North Carolina Republican legislators and Gov. Roy Cooper at a budget impasse, North Carolina’s secretary of health suspends a long awaited move to Medicaid managed care.

By North Carolina Health News staff What state health officials have hinted at for weeks happened officially on Tuesday. The state Department of Health and Human Services announced that the long-awaited transformation of Medicaid to managed care from the existing fee-for-service system will not go live on Feb. 1 as planned. Nonetheless, Medicaid beneficiaries should […]

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