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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

Karon and Leo Mertens, blood stem cell couriers for Be The Match, at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Posted inPublic Health

Fuquay-Varina couple carry blood stem cells across the U.S.

by Rachel Crumpler June 24, 2022June 24, 2022
An African American mother and her baby bond together as an illustration of maternal health and maternal and child health.
Posted inGender health

UNC researchers embark on statewide effort to reduce racial disparities, improve maternal health outcomes for Black moms

by Rachel Crumpler June 9, 2022June 8, 2022
Graphic of Welcome to North Carolina sign
Posted inPublic Health

Annual County Health Rankings report starts conversations across the state about a community’s health

by Rachel Crumpler June 1, 2022May 31, 2022
photo shows an older man standing behind a podium surrounded by other white people
Posted inState Health Policy

Lots of buzz about NC Senate Republicans and their Medicaid expansion bill

by Rose Hoban and Rachel Crumpler May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

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