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By Anne Blythe As North Carolina struggles to meet the oral health care needs of many of its residents, especially in rural areas, three philanthropic organizations have come together with a promise of millions of dollars over the next five years to help expand access. The Duke Endowment and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of

By Rose Hoban Several hundred folks from around the southeastern part of North Carolina showed up in Fayetteville on Tuesday for an all day meeting on GenX and other fluorinated chemicals that have been dumped for decades into the Cape Fear River. The meeting featured scientific presentations by local and state officials as well as

By Rose Hoban For many people with dementia, care of their teeth is an afterthought. But neglecting oral health care is something that caregivers skip at a cost to their patients. Last year, a survey by the North Carolina Assisted Living Association found that only about one in seven people living in the state’s facilities

By Catherine Clabby It didn’t take long for public water system managers in training on Wednesday to be reminded of how swiftly a crisis can strike a water supply. Fresh on everyone’s mind, of course, was this summer’s public disclosure that the industrial chemical GenX had infiltrated drinking water supplies drawn from the Cape Fear

UPDATE: 3:15 pm The Orange County Health Director has issued a “do not use” order for OWASA water and said that people affected by the water loss should not even boil water for use until the county health department completes testing. Instead, the health department is telling people to only drink bottled water. The department