Public Health Archives - Page 15 of 225 - North Carolina Health News

A middle-aged white male gives a press conference from a podium.

State Health Policy

Stein’s budget proposal invests in health care workforce, child care, improved access

by Anne Blythe March 21, 2025March 31, 2025

shows a hospital building in the distance. There's a road leading to it with a chain across the road and a sign hanging from the chain that reads: Martin General Hospital and the emergency department are closed.

Financial pressures prompt women’s services cuts at NC rural hospitals

by Carolina Public Press March 19, 2025

A woman holds a young girl and is next to a bald man. He has prostate cancer.

State Health Policy

NC House bill would expand access to early screening for prostate cancer

by Grace Vitaglione March 13, 2025

Woman wearing a blue T-shirt with the words My Immune System Has Chose The Dark Side is hooked up to intravenous tubes in a health care clinic receiving treatment for pemphigus, an autoimmune condition that first presented with painful blisters and open sores in her mouth. Her medical odyssey illustrates the connection between oral and systemic health and dermatology.

Unraveling an oral health mystery leads to rare autoimmune diagnosis

by Anne Blythe March 12, 2025March 14, 2025

A person gets their teeth cleaned at a dentist's office. In NC,lawmakers are considering changes to how the NC Board of Dental Examiners is selected, Medicaid reimbursement rates and whether to open the door to private equity dentistry

Lawmakers propose higher Medicaid reimbursement rates for NC dentists

by Anne Blythe February 28, 2025

There are two close-up photos side by side that show hair straightening devices being used.

Environmental Health

Toxic trends: How Black beauty products may be harming consumers

by Will Atwater February 26, 2025