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shows a pink piggy bank wearing stethoscope and the listening end of the stethoscope is on a dollar bill, spending, money
Posted inCost of Care

How much will a hip replacement cost? UNC Health has a new estimator tool for that.

by Anne Blythe December 17, 2020January 27, 2021
Because of website glitches, the ACA open enrollment was extended
Posted inHealth Insurance

Lose your job and health insurance due to COVID-19? Here’s a tip.

by Rose Hoban September 28, 2020September 27, 2020
Dr. Judith Borger attends to a patient in the Moderna coronavirus / COVID clinical trials being conducted in Fayetteville.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Clinical trials for coronavirus vaccine progressing in Fayetteville and elsewhere in NC

by Greg Barnes September 14, 2020September 13, 2020
shows signs advertising rural broadband at a lonely rural crossroads. Broadband is necessary for better telehealth penetration in NC's rural burgs.
Posted inRural Health

HHS plan to improve rural health focuses on better broadband, telehealth services

by Kaiser Health News September 5, 2020
A bunch of test tubes are visible as an analogy for COVID-19 research tests
Posted inConsumer News

Growing calls for FDA to speed approval of quick, at-home coronavirus tests

by Fair Warning August 16, 2020August 16, 2020
hands hold a tube of blood as a proxy for coronavirus tests and research
Posted inInfectious Disease

As long waits for results render COVID tests ‘useless,’ states seek workarounds

by Kaiser Health News August 2, 2020January 29, 2021

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