Elizabeth Thompson, Author at North Carolina Health News

North Carolina Health News

News. Policy. Trends. North Carolina.

Donate

An illustration of a human head with the brain open, where you can see a violin. Music notes flow outside the brain and into the surrounding spaces.

Children's Health

Making music, changing lives: Youth orchestras help at-risk kids

by Elizabeth Thompson January 13, 2022January 12, 2022

By Elizabeth Thompson Bethany Uhler Thompson didn’t know what to expect when she decided to start a youth string orchestra at Chatham Youth Development Center. She was inspired by her uncle, who was incarcerated and had confided in her how isolating being in prison could be. Thompson used to perform with her cello in a […]

A newborn is visible and in the background, there's a hospital bed with the mom

NC doulas guide new parents through birth and beyond

by Elizabeth Thompson January 12, 2022January 11, 2022

Jail suicides are on the rise in North Carolina

‘Worst case scenario’: Omicron looms large over NC prisons

by Elizabeth Thompson January 4, 2022January 3, 2022

shows a crystal ball on a background of blue, sitting on a yellow velvet stand

A look ahead for health in N.C. for 2022

by Rose Hoban, Anne Blythe, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Taylor Knopf and Elizabeth Thompson January 3, 2022December 31, 2021

shows a laptop opened to the NC Health News home page, with a set of hands on the keyboard

NC Health News’ top ten reader picks in 2021

by Rose Hoban, Anne Blythe, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Taylor Knopf and Elizabeth Thompson December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Two men, one in a suit and one in a white shirt with a black tie stand next to each other. The man of the right is holding an award.

Increasing MAT use in carceral facilities could save lives, but faces barriers

by Elizabeth Thompson December 21, 2021December 20, 2021