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Jail suicides are on the rise in North Carolina
Posted inPrison Health

Breaking Point: What is the future of COVID and incarceration?

by Elizabeth Thompson February 10, 2022March 22, 2022

By Elizabeth Thompson From the Alpha variant to Delta to Omicron, the COVID-19 virus is changing, but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Incarcerated people and their families wonder what the future of COVID means for them. Incarcerated people have been acutely impacted by the highs and lows of the pandemic. Not only must […]

Boxes of Narcan are visible
Posted inSubstance Use

Decreasing opioid deaths, not with abstinence, but harm reduction

by Elizabeth Thompson December 10, 2021December 9, 2021
shows the entrance into a refueling station, there's a sign for Juul stuck in the grass next to the driveway
Posted inChildren's Health

Budget directs Juul settlement funds toward tackling youth vaping and nicotine use

by Anne Blythe November 19, 2021November 29, 2021
shows a man in a suit standing at a podium gesturing with his hands. On the front of the podium is the NC state seal. Behind him are a bank of state and US flags
Posted inMental Health

State budget funds some mental health crisis response and hospital diversion efforts

by Taylor Knopf November 18, 2021November 29, 2021
photo shows an ornate room with the state seal of North Carolina above the dias at the front, and seats where state senators sit in a semi-circular arrangement.
Posted inState Health Policy

Funds for opioid treatment in jails and after release; prison facility improvement in budget

by Elizabeth Thompson November 17, 2021November 16, 2021
Shows the NC legislative building framed by fall leaves against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.
Posted inState Health Policy

COVID funds beef up health care spending in proposed state budget, which still lacks Medicaid expansion

by Anne Blythe, Rose Hoban, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Elizabeth Thompson and Thomas Goldsmith November 17, 2021November 19, 2021

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