Assisted living centers are usually for older adults who are more independent and capable of following COVID-19 protocols than those living in nursing homes. So why are more residents dying of COVID in assisted living centers? #COVID19NC #nchealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

Every week since Dec. 22, 200 North Carolina residential-care residents who have been listed as COVID-related deaths. #coronavirusnc #ncpol northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

From @HannaCritch: Roughly one in five state prisoners has had COVID-19, giving the institutions a death rate that’s not quite double that of the general public. #coronavirusnc #vaccine #nchealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

Assisted living centers in North Carolina and nationally notice growth in the numbers of COVID-related cases and deaths. #nchealth #vaccine #coronavirusnc northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

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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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