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Shows a young man in a UNC-blue shirt using a microphone to speak about gun violence and the lack of gun safety laws.
Posted inPublic Health

Tired of ‘thoughts and prayers,’ UNC students reeling from shooting on campus demand gun safety laws

by Anne Blythe September 13, 2023September 12, 2023

By Anne Blythe It was only six days into the fall semester at UNC Chapel Hill when a gunman in a chemistry building sent the campus into lockdown mode. On Tuesday, 15 days after the incident of terror, students from that campus and others were in Raleigh to tell lawmakers they were fed up with […]

A color photo of mainly plastic bottles and other plastic waste, littering the bank of a waterway in residential area.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Biden administration, NC advocates align to combat plastic pollution

by Will Atwater May 30, 2023June 2, 2023
Masked male dentist and masked female hygienist drill inside a patients mouth
Posted inFeatured

Taking dental care to the people in need

by Anne Blythe March 30, 2023March 29, 2023
Abandoned child's toy, child welfare failure. Many foster children do not have any toys.
Posted inChildren's Health

Child death probes in NC often crippled by poor tracking system, group says

by Rose Hoban November 21, 2022November 20, 2022
An EMS worker exits an ambulance to respond to a car accident
Posted inHealthcare Workers

EMS departments across North Carolina are understaffed and over burdened

by Rachel Crumpler and Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven October 5, 2022October 5, 2022
Image shows woman and three kids sitting on a porch in Durham, where fighting to get lead remdiation assistance for her home.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

A Durham resident’s ongoing fight against lead 

by Will Atwater July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

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