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a lawn sign says caja solidaria and pick up here. it is advertising fresh produce boxes

Have you heard of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot? No? You’re not alone

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven August 24, 2022October 3, 2022

fruit and vegetables in baskets on shelves along a wall at a food pantry that will soon participate in the state's Medicaid program

“It’s never been done before”: How NC plans to use Medicaid dollars to improve social determinants of health

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven March 9, 2022August 14, 2023

shows a man standing at a podium with the symbol for the Alamance Burlington School System on it. He's standing in front of a projector screen where a graph denoting the trend of COVID coronavirus cases is shown.

Infectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Sept 21 Asking faith leaders for help with COVID vaccines; ‘Threats, bullying’ at school board meetings

by Anne Blythe September 21, 2021October 25, 2022

We see a purple sign with a yellow shot and white lettering that reads, "Hashtag Get Vaccinated," in front of the Laurels of Hendersonville, an assisted living facility building with colonial white arches.

Aging

Once used to fight outbreaks, ‘strike teams’ fill gaps in nursing home vaccinations

by Hannah Critchfield February 18, 2021

Steve North and Amanda Martin of the Center for Rural Health Innovation, which administers the Spruce Pine-based MY Health-e-Schools program.

Children's Health

School-based health centers fill rural provider vacuum

by Melba Newsome November 17, 2020February 8, 2021

we see a man kayaking away from the photographer down the French Broad River toward a wall of trees and wide blue skies

Environmental Health

Gauging the lead threat in NC waters and aquatic life

by Carolina Public Press November 14, 2020January 27, 2021