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Tag: COVID-19

Shows a young woman with blue hair getting a vaccine or booster shot in her left arm from a medical practitioner wearing an orange shirt
Posted inInfectious Disease

COVID is still here. Get the new booster, public health experts recommend.

by Anne Blythe September 15, 2023September 14, 2023

By Anne Blythe We’ve lived with COVID-19 for three and a half years now, and just when it seems like we’re close to declaring checkmate, the SARS-CoV-2 virus shows its uncanny ability to survive. This coronavirus is a master at evolving, throwing variant after variant at us.  “It is a skilled variant producer,” said Elizabeth […]

Anthony Brooks, a Black man in a striped polo shirt, looks toward the horizon while standing in front of the North Carolina statehouse in Raleigh.
Posted inMedicaid

Medicaid expansion delay: Patient lives hang in the balance as lawmakers debate budget

by Jaymie Baxley September 12, 2023September 12, 2023
Young girl about to receive a vaccine from a medical professional
Posted inChildren's Health

Child vaccines due as students return to class. Here’s what you need to know.

by Jennifer Fernandez August 28, 2023August 25, 2023
A series of closed tan doors in a jail housing unit
Posted inFeatured

NC jails have arbitrary early release practices for some health conditions, study finds

by Taylor Knopf August 1, 2023July 31, 2023
shows a key against a blue background with the words, "Medicaid unwinding in North Carolina"
Posted inFeatured

New DHHS numbers show thousands of people lost Medicaid in June

by Jaymie Baxley July 19, 2023July 19, 2023
child care sign
Posted inChildren's Health

As funding cliff looms, NC has opportunity to improve child care access, advocates say

by Jennifer Fernandez June 21, 2023July 9, 2023

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