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man firing a rifle
Posted inMental Health

Access to Guns Debated for People with Dementia in North Carolina

by Thomas Goldsmith June 27, 2018March 27, 2019

By Thomas Goldsmith This year’s news of school shootings in Parkland, Fla., and elsewhere heightened a national debate over the ability of young people to buy and possess guns. In North Carolina, a related discussion has proceeded – a mostly quieter one – about the level of access to firearms that should be available to […]

Colleen Sheehey-Church, head of the national office for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, explains that ignition interlocks could save more lives, as other mothers of children killed by drunk drivers look on. Photo credit: Rose Hoban
Posted inState Health Policy

Stronger Drunk-Driving Restrictions Urged

by Editor May 11, 2016April 16, 2021
A Senate proposal would allow heavy-duty vehicles, such as eighteen-wheelers, to idle indefinitely. Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force
Posted inPublic Health

Critics Fault New Highway Law for Concessions to Trucking Industry

by Editor January 5, 2016April 19, 2021
A Senate proposal would allow heavy-duty vehicles, such as eighteen-wheelers, to idle indefinitely. Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force
Posted inPublic Health

Heavy-Spending Trucking Industry Pushes Congress to Relax Safety Rules

by Editor October 30, 2015April 19, 2021
baby in a car seat
Posted inChildren's Health, NC Health Briefs

New Tool Helps Parents Find the Right Child Car Seat

by Editor October 2, 2015October 4, 2015
Child with sparkler
Posted inChildren's Health, Consumer News, Featured, Public Health

Debate Over Fireworks Legalization Lights Up

by Editor July 29, 2015January 28, 2018

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