A third of transgender respondents reported having at least one negative experience with a health care provider in one 2015 survey. Growing telehealth access thanks to the pandemic may change that. #COVID19NC #coronavirusNC #nchealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

Telehealth use has spiked during the pandemic, and many transgender patients and advocates hope the trend continues. #COVID19NC #coronavirusNC #nchealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

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Around 100 people gathered for a party in Dare County in June. Now, more than a quarter of attendees have COVID-19, and not everyone is cooperating with county health officials. #COVID19NC #coronavirusNC #nchealth #NCpol northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

The COVID pandemic has paved the way for virtual visits to continue for transgender patients, offering easy - and private - access to hormone replacement therapy and other care. #COVID19NC #coronavirusNC #nchealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

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A county map shows rates of HIV in Mecklenburg County, but gives no indication of who may be using PrEP

Zero new HIV cases: the goal for Mecklenburg County

May 21, 2019 by Yen Duong

Zero new HIV cases: the goal for Mecklenburg County - North Carolina Health News

Mecklenburg County, with one of the highest rates of HIV in the nation, is fighting the HIV epidemic with a community plan of action.

By Yen Duong Although antiretroviral drugs mean that HIV is no longer the ‘death sentence’ it was in the 1980s, the epidemic is not over yet, as 30-year old Charlottean Colin Jack knows well. “One of my best friends died at 28, two months after his birthday,” Jack said. “I wouldn’t have thought that would […]

This transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image revealed numerous hepatitis virions. Image courtesy E.H. Cook, Jr. CDC, Public Health Image Library

Chipping Away at Hepatitis C in Rural Communities

April 17, 2017 by Taylor Knopf

Chipping Away at Hepatitis C in Rural Communities - North Carolina Health News

Hepatitis C affects a shockingly large number of people in North Carolina, and the costs of treatment are almost as shocking.

By Taylor Knopf An estimated 110,000 North Carolinians are living with hepatitis C, and about 75 percent don’t even know it. Terl Gleason, a 55-year-old tax preparer and Greensboro native, was exposed to the contagious blood-borne virus in the late 1980s, but didn’t know he had it until 2000. He never experienced any common symptoms […]

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Chipping Away at Hepatitis C in Rural Communities - North Carolina Health News