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Legislative Building in Raleigh
Posted inGender health

Interactive: What’s the state of abortion in North Carolina?

by Hannah Critchfield June 8, 2021June 7, 2021

By Hannah Critchfield With the presence of six more conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, many court observers anticipate that laws aimed at restricting access to abortion passed at the state level will eventually wend their ways through the court system to be heard before the high court as a challenge to the 1973 […]

A woman in a white coat talks to a blonde woman.
Posted inPublic Health

Stemming the tide of cancer, one patient at a time

by Liora Engel-Smith January 28, 2021January 27, 2021
shows a county map of north carolina with darker counties being places with higher rates of COVID-19. The darkest counties right now are all rural.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Oct. 21 – Paused in Phase 3; Counties asked to toughen COVID restrictions; Promising treatment underperforms; Veterans’ home outbreaks

by Anne Blythe October 21, 2020April 14, 2021
Kendrick Ransome is a farmer in Edgecombe County, which has the highest rates of hunger in the state
Posted inRural Health

Eastern North Carolina communities look to map their way out of hunger

by Liora Engel-Smith March 3, 2020April 9, 2021
A group of people is placing a playground equipment on the ground, behind them are trees and an excavator. This is part of their efforts to address obesity.
Posted inRural Health

As the rate of lifestyle diseases rises, one obesity prevention strategy is gaining ground

by Liora Engel-Smith August 6, 2019August 5, 2019
dental hygientists tools laid out on a tray and a hand picking up one of those tools.
Posted inOral Health

Can North Carolina dental hygienists help fill coverage gaps through a public-private partnership program?

by Anne Blythe July 31, 2019July 30, 2019

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