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Category: Health Inequities

Three women are standing in a room. The women in the center is dressed in a purple t-shirt and tie-dye decorated pants. She is also holding a microphone in her right hand and several sheets of paper in her left.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Residents’ frustration grows at slow progress to address PFAS pollution in their water

by Will Atwater March 14, 2023March 14, 2023
a woman faces the camera wearing a black tshirt to raise awareness about kidney disease
Posted inHealth Inequities

Erendira needs a kidney

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven March 13, 2023March 13, 2023
Posted inChildren's Health

Period poverty affects 1 in 4 teens. Two NC students started a nonprofit to tackle the issue.

by Jennifer Fernandez March 2, 2023March 2, 2023
a woman in a car driving in the mountains
Posted inRural Health

“What we had here was amazing”: Five years later, residents still mourn the loss of Angel Medical Center’s maternity unit

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven February 27, 2023March 2, 2023
Teen girls face violence and hopelessness
Posted inChildren's Health

Teen girls ‘engulfed in a growing wave of sadness, violence and trauma,’ latest youth survey shows

by Jennifer Fernandez February 23, 2023April 4, 2023
Woman and man at a conference table listening to Cancer Moonshot discussion
Posted inHealth Inequities

Taking a moonshot at early colorectal cancer detection in northeastern NC

by Anne Blythe February 17, 2023February 16, 2023

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