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Author Archives: Liora Engel-Smith

Liora Engel-Smith joined NC Health News in July 2019 and covers policies, programs and issues that affect rural areas. She has previously worked for the The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire and the Muscatine Journal in Iowa. Engel-Smith has degrees in both public health and journalism.

A car with a red break pads on.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Illness turned housing instability into homelessness for one western NC couple. Their story is not unique.

by Liora Engel-Smith April 19, 2021May 5, 2021
A digital image of an ad for Medicaid managed care
Posted inMedicaid

As NC’s Medicaid managed care transition draws near, consumers express concerns and confusion

by Liora Engel-Smith April 8, 2021April 9, 2021
An older woman in graying hair is wearing a mask as a nurse prepares to give her a coronavirus vaccine at a temporary clinic in Asheville.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Community health centers get new funds to tackle the COVID vaccination gap

by Liora Engel-Smith March 30, 2021March 29, 2021
A woman outside the window talks to her husband who is quarantined for coronavirus.
Posted inInfectious Disease

What we’ve lost to coronavirus

by Liora Engel-Smith March 1, 2021March 2, 2021
A pharmacist in a white coat grabs an asthma inhaler
Posted inPrescription Drugs

The steep cost of breathing

by Liora Engel-Smith February 26, 2021February 26, 2021
shows a woman in red scrubs giving a COVID vaccination to a woman sitting in a chair and wearing a jaunty hat
Posted inRural Health

In the rural race to distribute COVID vaccines, a piecemeal approach

by Liora Engel-Smith February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

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