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Tag: Caldwell County

shows a man in a mask against COVID-19 that reads: "I wear, I care"
Posted inPublic Health

North Carolina’s post-election challenge: separating the pandemic from politics.

by Rose Hoban December 7, 2020January 27, 2021

By Rose Hoban In the days after this fall’s election, Gov. Roy Cooper said he hoped to “depoliticize” the wearing of masks and other public health measures designed to reduce transmission of the coronavirus. “I think it’s going to be a natural occurrence, now that the election is over,” said Cooper at a press briefing  […]

shows a county map of north carolina with darker counties being places with higher rates of COVID-19. The darkest counties right now are all rural.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Oct. 21 – Paused in Phase 3; Counties asked to toughen COVID restrictions; Promising treatment underperforms; Veterans’ home outbreaks

by Anne Blythe October 21, 2020October 27, 2022
Posted inPrison Health

ICE transfers — and NC jail partnerships — have continued amid the pandemic

by Hannah Critchfield July 24, 2020January 29, 2021
The Appalachian Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina may benefit from the ARC's recovery ecosystem model. The area has a quickly growing outbreak of COVID-19
Posted inRural Health

New dollars target opioid misuse, workforce revitalization in WNC

by Liora Engel-Smith September 11, 2019September 12, 2019
A county by county map of US colored to show opioid death risk, including access to medication-assisted treatment
Posted inSubstance Use

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

by Yen Duong July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
map showing fewer states now have not chosen to expand Medicaid, only 14 holdouts remain
Posted inMedicaid

Medicaid expansion on the horizon? Or still out of reach?

by Sarah Ovaska November 9, 2018September 6, 2022

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