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Over two dozen people sit at chair and tables listening to a women in a yellow shirt speak
Posted inGender health

Plans underway to chart a more sustainable path for Chatham Maternity Care Center

by Rachel Crumpler December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

By Rachel Crumpler The maternity care center at UNC Chatham Hospital in Siler City has been on rocky footing since it opened in September 2020 in the middle of the worldwide COVID pandemic.  Despite the need in the fast-growing county that’s poised to add tens of thousands of new residents in the coming decade, maintaining […]

Graphic of various women — an elderly woman, one holding a child, a teenager, a Black businesswoman, a pregnant woman and a middle-aged woman smiling
Posted inGender health

How healthy are NC’s women, and are their needs ready to be met?

by Rachel Crumpler July 11, 2022August 30, 2022
An African American mother and her baby bond together as an illustration of maternal health and maternal and child health.
Posted inGender health

UNC researchers embark on statewide effort to reduce racial disparities, improve maternal health outcomes for Black moms

by Rachel Crumpler June 9, 2022September 27, 2022
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Unchecked growth of industrial animal farms spurs long fight for environmental justice in Eastern NC

by Melba Newsome October 20, 2021August 31, 2022
shows counties, some light to signify no cases and some dark to signify a higher case rate
Posted inRural Health

Health officials battle increase in rural STD rates

by Daily Yonder June 19, 2019April 13, 2021
Posted inChildren's Health

Advocates See Potential for Child Death Prevention in Connecting State Data

by Rose Hoban December 11, 2018September 5, 2022

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