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Coronavirus Today – March 25 – NC reports first deaths, stay home orders

March 25, 2020 by Editor Leave a Comment

Coronavirus Today – March 25 – NC reports first deaths, stay home orders - North Carolina Health News

As North Carolina reports its first coronavirus deaths, communities have set their own shelter in place orders. Meanwhile, state officials hinted that stricter social isolation measures may be on the horizon.

North Carolina Health News staff Note: North Carolina Health News has chosen to report the official daily DHHS tallies of positive tests hospitalizations and deaths. We are using our limited resources to bring you in-depth stories about the impact of COVID-19 rather than spending our days chasing numbers that individual municipalities release. North Carolina reported […]

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COVID-19 claims first lives in North Carolina

March 25, 2020 by Anne Blythe Leave a Comment

COVID-19 claims first lives in North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

First two coronavirus deaths were reported in North Carolina today. Governor laments that more are likely coming.

By Anne Blythe North Carolina reported its first deaths related to COVID-19 on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after the first person in this state tested positive for the extremely contagious virus. A Cabarrus County man, in his late 70s with several underlying medical conditions, died on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health and […]

COVID-19 gets real in Charlotte

March 17, 2020 by Melba Newsome Leave a Comment

COVID-19 gets real in Charlotte - North Carolina Health News

With reports of the first cases of the novel coronavirus in the Charlotte Mecklenburg area, life in and around the Queen City looks very different from just a week ago.

By Melba Newsome The first major impact of the coronavirus on the Charlotte-area happened when someone 2,000 miles away got the virus. Immediately after the Hornets’ come-from-behind victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, the NBA announced it was suspending the entire season indefinitely after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. […]

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Forty-one N.C. counties classified as “high risk” in new opioid study

July 23, 2019 by Yen Duong

Forty-one N.C. counties classified as “high risk” in new opioid study - North Carolina Health News

In a national study, researchers classified 41 North Carolina counties as “opioid high-risk” with few providers of medication-assisted treatment and many opioid-related deaths.

By Yen Duong While conversations about the national opioid epidemic often focus on hardest-hit states such as Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, few people have analyzed county-by-county trends, where those state’s policies can make a difference. But a new study, published last month in an open-access version of the Journal of the American Medical Association, […]

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Mecklenburg County health program wins national competition

March 11, 2019 by Yen Duong

Mecklenburg County health program wins national competition - North Carolina Health News

Village HeartBEAT also won a $500,000 prize for fighting cardiovascular disease risk factors among its Charlotte/ Mecklenburg participants.

By Yen Duong Wanda Dupree just wanted celebratory ice cream. But while wondering which flavor would best mark the end of a 16-week health challenge, she ran into her chair aerobics coach, who talked her out of the treat. “I realized that this wasn’t just about this challenge. This was an initiative for us to […]

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Mecklenburg among top focus locations in Trump HIV plan.

February 6, 2019 by Editor

Mecklenburg among top focus locations in Trump HIV plan. - North Carolina Health News

The president’s plan to “eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States” will bring targeted help to the Queen City, which has the state’s highest rates of the disease.

By Yen Duong, Rose Hoban and Taylor Knopf In his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump vowed to end the transmission of HIV infections in the United States by 2030. “My budget will ask Democrats and Republicans to make the needed commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in 10 years,” Trump […]

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What Newly Reported Stats on Understaffing at NC Nursing Homes Means to Residents

September 10, 2018 by Thomas Goldsmith

What Newly Reported Stats on Understaffing at NC Nursing Homes Means to Residents - North Carolina Health News

A new federal method of counting nursing home employees shows many homes lack full staffing.

By Thomas Goldsmith Last Nov. 6, Hillside Nursing Center in Wake Forest admitted a woman with a diagnosis of COPD and hypoxemia, or a low level of blood oxygen. Nursing notes from Nov. 7 describe the woman, identified in a state report filed with federal regulators only as Resident #4, as “alert and verbal with […]

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New Cardinal Board Chosen, Will Include Several Former Members

December 15, 2017 by Rose Hoban

New Cardinal Board Chosen, Will Include Several Former Members - North Carolina Health News

Commissioners from the counties served by Cardinal Innovations met Thursday and picked 16 new board members to oversee the managed care organization.

By Rose Hoban Nineteen county commissioners met in Graham on Thursday to choose a new governing board for Cardinal Innovations, the troubled state-funded mental health agency recently taken over by state officials. The 17 new board members, chosen from dozens of applications submitted over last weekend, will be joined by a handful of members of […]

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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Face Funding Cliff

July 19, 2017 by Rose Hoban

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Face Funding Cliff - North Carolina Health News

Five large programs, intended to collect evidence of how well comprehensive sex education prevents pregnancies, will lose funding two years early.

By Rose Hoban When Rick Brown received the annual letter and check from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this month confirming the coming year’s funding for his program, he did a quick skim of the contents and put it in his file. Then he got a phone call asking if his […]

Safety Net Clinic Providers Make Their Case at NCGA

February 23, 2017 by Rose Hoban

Safety Net Clinic Providers Make Their Case at NCGA - North Carolina Health News

Clinic leaders walked the halls on Jones St. looking for help in this year's state budget.

By Rose Hoban Across North Carolina, more than 1.1 million working-age people lack health insurance and access to care. And across North Carolina, there’s a patchwork of community health clinics, rural health clinics and free clinics that provide a safety net for those folks. Many of the folks served by those clinics are rural people, […]

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