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Q: are homemade masks effective? Cohen: data around masks is mixed. masks are always need to be used in conjunction with proper hand washing. remember, these masks are protecting the world from you and your droplets. Not protecting you from the world. #COVID19NC #ncpol

Q: will testing ramp up with more #PPE? Cohen: testing is very important. We want to prioritize testing for people in hospitals, people in long-term care, areas of outbreaks. New rapid testing coming out. Positive news. But want to make sure they are also high quality. #ncpol

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An African-American man stands on a stage where he talks about his wife's death. Maternal health was the topic of a meeting in Raleigh last week.

#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina

December 10, 2019 by Anne Blythe

#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina looks for ways to close prominent racial disparity gaps in infant mortality and maternal health rates.

By Anne Blythe The harrowing anecdotes have become all too familiar. Tennis icon Serena Williams shared details of her traumatic postnatal health scare in a Vogue cover story in early 2018. Superstar Beyonce revealed particulars from her exceedingly difficult pregnancy and near-death experience during the emergency C-section birth of her twins in the same magazine […]

A young woman is hugging her toddler in a pumpkin field. She is Madavia Johnson of Clayton N.C. and her story of how her Medicaid coverage ended before she could get help for her postpartum anxiety makes up the first few paragraphs of the story.

Medicaid tweak might offer means to improve U.S. maternal health

November 22, 2019 by Kaiser Health News

Medicaid tweak might offer means to improve U.S. maternal health - North Carolina Health News

As maternal death rates in the U.S. rise, experts say extending postpartum Medicaid coverage could improve the health of low-income mothers.

By Rachel Bluth Kaiser Health News When Madavia Johnson gave birth to Donald Ray Dowless III last year, she was hit by a case of severe postpartum anxiety. She was scared to carry her son downstairs or drive him in a car. She couldn’t manage to continue law school ― and could hardly leave the house […]

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#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina

#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

Medicaid tweak might offer means to improve U.S. maternal health

Medicaid tweak might offer means to improve U.S. maternal health - North Carolina Health News