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shows a woman wearing a red shirt talking to someone in a white car. They're next to a table filled with brown paper bags filled with baby formula and printed information.
Posted inChildren's Health

StarMed comes to the rescue with baby formula

by Jamille Whitlow May 27, 2022May 26, 2022

By Jamille Whitlow On Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m., cars were lined across the StarMed Healthcare parking lot on the outskirts of Charlotte.  Under a white tent, volunteers were handing out small paper bags filled with one canister of baby formula to people who had waited an hour to get nourishment for their babies. StarMed […]

photo shows a woman's hands showing off three buttons that read 'where you belong,' from her nonprofit aimed at helping Afghan refugees settle in
Posted inPublic Health

Housing for Afghan refugees is scarce, but Charlotte volunteers are gearing up to help

by Mona Dougani November 23, 2021November 22, 2021
A woman wiping down pink leather with a cloth. Her hand is holding one part of the leather while the other is wiping the other side with the cloth.
Posted inMental Health

Afghan refugees experiencing PTSD need mental health support as they resettle

by Mona Dougani November 2, 2021November 2, 2021
We see a demonstrator in a tan hat holding a large transgender flag and another person behind them in glasses and a black hat holding two smaller flags, the pride flag and the transgender flag, at a rally for transgender rights on a train platform in Phoenix, Arizona.
Posted inGender health

In HB2’s shadow, advocates fear the consequences of anti-trans bills in NC

by Elizabeth Thompson September 15, 2021September 14, 2021
Posted inMental Health

First peer-run respite opens as alternative to hospitalization for people in mental health distress

by Taylor Knopf August 18, 2021April 1, 2022
Shows a screen shot where a woman in the upper left hand corner looks concerned. The graph shows the trendline of COVID cases increasing sharply since late June when there was a day with fewer than 100 cases to the most recent day, with more than 3200. .
Posted inState Health Policy

Coronavirus Today – July 29 Governor to require state workers in his cabinet to show proof of vaccination or wear masks and get tested

by Anne Blythe July 29, 2021April 7, 2022

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