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Author Archives: Rachel Crumpler

Rachel Crumpler is our Report for America corps member who covers gender health and prison health. She graduated in 2022 from UNC-Chapel Hill with a major in journalism and minors in history and social & economic justice. She has worked at The Triangle Business Journal and her college newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel.

She was named a 2020-21 Hearst investigative reporting award winner for her data-driven story spotlighting funding cuts at local health departments across North Carolina and the impact it had on Covid responses. Her work has appeared in The News & Observer, WRAL, Greensboro News & Record, NC Policy Watch and other publications.

Reach her at rcrumpler at northcarolinahealthnews.org

A Black man in a blue shirt smiles while holding his hands together
Posted inPrison Health

NC podcaster highlights prison-to-community success stories

by Rachel Crumpler March 9, 2023March 8, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler At age 19, Craig Waleed had just entered a New York state prison. He was angry and afraid. As Waleed explains, he’d fallen in love with the streets and their offerings — enamored with the gangs, bars and drugs. Observing the behavior in his neighborhoods, he thought it was the way Black […]

A man in a blue hat and suit is holder a yellow folder while talking to a man with a stethoscope and a man in a red shirt. They are in what appears to be a doctor's office.
Posted inMedicaid

Uninsured former inmates suffer financial, health, societal consequences from lack of accessible care. Medicaid expansion could help.

by Rachel Crumpler February 24, 2023February 23, 2023
Boxes of Narcan are visible
Posted inSubstance Use

Twelve NC counties expand harm reduction services

by Rachel Crumpler February 9, 2023February 8, 2023
A wrapped strip of suboxone is on a counter.
Posted inSubstance Use

Policy change removes one barrier to prescribing buprenorphine

by Rachel Crumpler February 2, 2023February 1, 2023
A Black woman looks at her phone while working at a table with a laptop, notebook and cup of coffee. A breast pump is also on the table ready to use.
Posted inGender health

Two laws provide greater accommodations for pregnant and nursing workers

by Rachel Crumpler January 30, 2023January 29, 2023
A group of people gather around a metal cooking station preparing a dish. One woman in a white apron measures olive oil. Another woman cuts a lemon into slices. Another woman cuts asparagus.
Posted inHealth Inequities

Comprehensive food nutrition program aims to combat disparities in diabetes treatments

by Rachel Crumpler January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

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