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Tag: health disparities

Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – March 31 – Utility shut-off bans, prison update, Fayetteville curfew

by Editor March 31, 2020April 14, 2021
An African-American man stands on a stage where he talks about his wife's death. Maternal health was the topic of a meeting in Raleigh last week.
Posted inGender health

#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina

by Anne Blythe December 10, 2019December 9, 2019
A young woman is hugging her toddler in a pumpkin field. She is Madavia Johnson of Clayton N.C. and her story of how her Medicaid coverage ended before she could get help for her postpartum anxiety makes up the first few paragraphs of the story.
Posted inMedicaid

Medicaid tweak might offer means to improve U.S. maternal health

by Kaiser Health News November 22, 2019November 19, 2019
An African American man stands in front of a podium, behind him there's a slide about disparities. There are also two women sitting in front of a table at his side. This was a press conference to discuss OIC of Rocky Mount and among other topics, medicaid transformation came up.
Posted inMedicaid

In Medicaid transformation rollout, ‘more questions than answers’

by Liora Engel-Smith November 4, 2019October 31, 2019
A bouquet of orange and red wrappers with condoms are visible. Condoms are one way to prevent the transmission of HIV.
Posted inRural Health

In rural Southeastern NC, ‘one stop shop’ keeps HIV-positive patients healthy

by Liora Engel-Smith October 10, 2019October 9, 2019
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Posted inSubstance Use

N.C. uses new federal money to get people into drug treatment, but most of them are white

by Taylor Knopf July 8, 2019July 8, 2019

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