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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 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
A series of closed tan doors in a jail housing unit
Posted inPrison Health

Poorly resourced, insufficient oversight system allows violations, dangerous conditions in NC jails

by Rachel Crumpler January 13, 2023January 12, 2023
shows a white HIV medication bottle with the label Descovy 200 mg/ 25 mg on a table, next to the bottle is a bunch of blue pills
Posted inHealth Insurance

HIV advocates call plans from insurer Blue Cross NC ‘discriminatory’

by Rachel Crumpler January 6, 2023January 5, 2023
shows a crowd of people in Times Square, surrounded by LED signs. Someone stands in front of a large digital sign with large letters that read 2023.
Posted inFeatured

What’s coming in 2023 in NC’s health care scene? Here’s what we’ll be tracking.

by Will Atwater, Anne Blythe, Rose Hoban, Rachel Crumpler, Taylor Knopf, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven and Thomas Goldsmith January 3, 2023January 4, 2023
shows a man in a suit and tie gesturing with his hands as he speaks about Medicaid expansion
Posted inFeatured

What did you read on NC Health News in 2022?

by Rose Hoban, Will Atwater, Anne Blythe, Rachel Crumpler, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith and Taylor Knopf December 30, 2022January 4, 2023
A handful of volunteers work in a library in a donated space. Books adorn shelves on the wall. There is a table in the middle of the room for people to assemble packages on.
Posted inPrison Health

Volunteer-led group sends books to incarcerated women statewide

by Rachel Crumpler December 23, 2022December 22, 2022

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