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Category: Health Inequities

A blue and white sign with the words "Inmate Intake" is in the foreground of the photo, with the High Point Detention Center in the background.
Posted inPrison Health

Access to HIV care varies across NC jails, study finds

by Elizabeth Thompson March 29, 2022March 28, 2022
fruit and vegetables in baskets on shelves along a wall at a food pantry that will soon participate in the state's Medicaid program
Posted inMedicaid

 “It’s never been done before”: How NC plans to use Medicaid dollars to improve social determinants of health

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven March 9, 2022March 14, 2022
Three people pose at a booth for NC AIDS ACTION. On the table is a sign that says "PrEP works!"
Posted inGender health

A seat at the table for LGBTQ North Carolinians at Durham Queer Health Fair

by Elizabeth Thompson March 8, 2022March 7, 2022
Two home in the Boston- Thurmond community
Posted inHealth Inequities

In Winston-Salem, healthy food access is key to neighborhood revival

by Mariama Jallow February 14, 2022February 14, 2022
the front of a hospital as the sun is setting. It's the hospital that treats Americna Indian overdoses for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee
Posted inSubstance Use

Native Americans look for ways to stop soaring overdose deaths

by Melba Newsome February 9, 2022February 10, 2022
an aerial photo of Winston-Salem shows the smoke from the fertilizer plant fire
Posted inHealth Inequities

Wake Forest University students recount fertilizer plant fire, evacuations

by Mariama Jallow February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

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