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Past and present members of the Child Fatality Task Force gathered at the legislative building in Raleigh to celebrate 25 years of work this week.
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Public Health

Child Fatality Prevention Group Hits Milestone

by Rose Hoban December 13, 2016December 13, 2016
Contents of a naloxone reversal kit distributed by the NC Harm Reduction Coalition.
Posted inFeatured, Public Health, Substance Use

Opioid-Reversal Drug Bill Takes First Step at the NCGA

by Editor May 4, 2016April 16, 2021
Posted inSubstance Use

Heroin Lives Here

by Taylor Sisk April 11, 2016April 16, 2021
The North Carolina Harm Reduction’s Tessie Castillo demonstrates how to administer naloxone. Photo credit: Taylor Sisk
Posted inSubstance Use

Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug Now More Available in North Carolina

by Editor March 23, 2016April 16, 2021
Unintentional prescription opioid and drug overdose deaths by year: 1999-2012
Posted inSubstance Use

Diverse Group Works to Prevent Overdose Deaths

by Editor July 16, 2015April 22, 2021
Often, patients who are readmitted after being sent home from the hospital return through the emergency room. Photo shows nurses rushing a patient on a gurney into a doorway.
Posted inMental Health

N.C.’s Injury-related Deaths Slowly Declining

by Editor June 18, 2015April 22, 2021

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