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Coronavirus Today – May 8 – COVID faces, not statistics; drive for increased testing; Mother’s Day

May 8, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – May 8 – COVID faces, not statistics; drive for increased testing; Mother’s Day - North Carolina Health News

As social distancing restrictions ease, Gov. Roy Cooper urges North Carolinians to remember families and communities mourning lost loved ones.

By North Carolina Health News staff More than a pandemic number Gov. Roy Cooper reminded North Carolinians that there are faces, families, loved ones and mourning communities that tell the stories of this pandemic. As the state eases social distancing restrictions to allow for more retail activity and state park visits, Cooper portrayed some of […]

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Lawmakers return to Raleigh to address health care, other needs generated by COVID-19 pandemic

April 29, 2020 by Rose Hoban

Lawmakers return to Raleigh to address health care, other needs generated by COVID-19 pandemic - North Carolina Health News

Legislature returns to tackle funding and policy issues brought about by the pandemic.

By Rose Hoban In an eerily unoccupied General Assembly building, only a scattering of lawmakers were in each of the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Nonetheless, there were enough members present to vote and carry out their work. Thus began what is likely the strangest of legislative sessions, one designed for […]

Volunteers at Haywood Street Congragation serve meals to homeless people in Asheville. Because of Coronavirus, they've moved the meals outside.

For NC’s homeless, coronavirus is one threat of many

March 30, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

For NC’s homeless, coronavirus is one threat of many - North Carolina Health News

Policies that promote social distancing have already created hurdles for the state’s homeless population, many of whom are at high risk for coronavirus because of underlying medical conditions.

By Liora Engel-Smith Kourtney Wilson is used to living in other people’s homes. For the past two years, the 19-year-old has been moving from couch to couch, staying with friends and family. But the spread of coronavirus across the state has complicated the Greensboro resident’s life. With officials stressing the need for staying at home, […]

A municipal drinking water plant. Unlike at a private well, water is treated for bactria and for chemicals such as 1.4 dioxane at a central location, then pumped through pipes to residents. This can symbolize 1,4 dioxane contamination and clean water.

DEQ records show repeated releases of probable carcinogen into Haw River

November 19, 2019 by Greg Barnes

DEQ records show repeated releases of probable carcinogen into Haw River - North Carolina Health News

DEQ cites Greensboro and Reidsville for failing to report recent releases of 1,4 dioxane, a probable carcinogen, but newly released data show multiple discharges for almost two years.

By Greg Barnes For nearly two years, state regulators have required Greensboro and Reidsville to monitor monthly for the probable carcinogen 1,4 dioxane at their wastewater treatment plants. The data, which the state never made public before Friday, show alarmingly high concentrations of the chemical being released repeatedly into the Haw River from December 2017 […]

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Little progress being made in the fight against 1,4 dioxane

October 24, 2019 by Greg Barnes

Little progress being made in the fight against 1,4 dioxane - North Carolina Health News

At least four years after high concentrations of 1,4 dioxane were discovered in the Cape Fear River basin, contamination persists and little apparently is being done to stop it.

By Greg Barnes Five years ago, N.C. State researcher Detlef Knappe and his graduate students set out to measure the probable carcinogen 1,4 dioxane in the Cape Fear River basin as part of a study for the state Department of Environmental Quality. For two years, Knappe and his students took samples in the Haw and […]

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Foster care case numbers continue to climb in NC, as opioid crisis affects families

September 24, 2019 by Sarah Ovaska

Foster care case numbers continue to climb in NC, as opioid crisis affects families - North Carolina Health News

Record numbers of children, almost all of whom have trauma of their own, are entering the foster care system as a result of abuse and neglect.

By Sarah Ovaska-Few North Carolina could use more people like Lisa Link, as the state grapples with record numbers of children entering and staying in the already stretched foster care system. Link, an auto broker and owner of a small used-car lot in Charlotte, opted five years ago to become a foster parent after years […]

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Budget impasse delays Initial Nov. 1 rollout of Medicaid managed care

September 4, 2019 by Sarah Ovaska

Budget impasse delays Initial Nov. 1 rollout of Medicaid managed care - North Carolina Health News

Instead of one quarter of the state program going live this fall, the entire state will make the transition to managed care in Feb. 2020

By Sarah Ovaska-Few and Rose Hoban The standoff between North Carolina’s state government power brokers over the state budget and Medicaid expansion has claimed a victim: the planned roll-out this fall of Medicaid managed care. N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Sec. Mandy Cohen announced Tuesday morning she was pushing back the Nov. 1 […]

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Houses of God, and harm reduction

July 25, 2019 by Emily Davis

Houses of God, and harm reduction - North Carolina Health News

With a multitude of locations, North Carolina's churches have the potential to be potent weapons in the fight against opioid overdoses and deaths. If only church leaders take the opportunity.

By Emily Davis On a recent Monday morning, a clean syringe and a bottle of naloxone got passed around the room at Grace United Methodist Church. Alongside a buffet of bagels and coffee, the Greensboro parish’s tables were scattered with leaflets of scripture recommendations, example prayers and supply lists, all on the theme of harm […]

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Forty-one N.C. counties classified as “high risk” in new opioid study

July 23, 2019 by Yen Duong

Forty-one N.C. counties classified as “high risk” in new opioid study - North Carolina Health News

In a national study, researchers classified 41 North Carolina counties as “opioid high-risk” with few providers of medication-assisted treatment and many opioid-related deaths.

By Yen Duong While conversations about the national opioid epidemic often focus on hardest-hit states such as Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, few people have analyzed county-by-county trends, where those state’s policies can make a difference. But a new study, published last month in an open-access version of the Journal of the American Medical Association, […]

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A new treatment could benefit vets with PTSD and brain injury, lawmakers want insurers to reimburse for it

July 9, 2019 by Emily Davis

A new treatment could benefit vets with PTSD and brain injury, lawmakers want insurers to reimburse for it - North Carolina Health News

Hyperbaric therapy forces more oxygen into damaged cells. Even as the evidence remains mixed, the NCGA is poised to make the treatment easier to get.

By Emily Davis Veterans who have had brain injuries or are struggling with the effects of trauma may soon have a new treatment option if a new bill making its way through the legislature eventually becomes law. On Tuesday, a Senate Health Care ommittee greenlighted House Bill 50, the North Carolina Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury […]

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