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Critchfield is NC Health News' Report for America corps member. Report for America is a national service program that places talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered topics and communities.

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shows printouts from a sonogram, used to determine if a fetus has a disability
Posted inHealth Inequities

Sweeping legislation aims to combat Black maternal mortality

by Hannah Critchfield April 15, 2021April 15, 2021
shows the washington monument at dusk, in the foreground are the reflections on water, the pool is lined by rectangular lights.
Posted inPublic Health

More people died than were born last year in more than half of NC’s counties

by Hannah Critchfield April 14, 2021April 19, 2021
photo shows a college women's track meet with three racers pulling ahead of the others
Posted inChildren's Health

Amid LGBTQ rights debate, few trans kids play in high school sports in NC

by Hannah Critchfield April 9, 2021April 9, 2021
photo shows an empty rocking chair and bassinet, representing the mothers in NC looking for baby formula
Posted inGender health

Program seeks to increase number of Black doulas in NC

by Hannah Critchfield March 29, 2021March 28, 2021
photo shows a jumble of dozens of empty vaccine vials
Posted inInfectious Disease

To vaccinate thousands, NC turns to volunteers

by Hannah Critchfield March 22, 2021March 23, 2021
a woman in fatigues wearing a mask inspects a syringe of COVID vaccine
Posted inInfectious Disease

Awaiting trial, and the vaccine: What about people in jails?

by Hannah Critchfield March 12, 2021March 11, 2021

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