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Novant seeks to edge the competition over New Hanover Regional with a medical education plan

May 22, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith Leave a Comment

Novant seeks to edge the competition over New Hanover Regional with a medical education plan - North Carolina Health News

Novant Health and UNC Health have offered to bolster New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s medical education programs if the Wilmington hospital chooses them for a future affiliation, sale or merger.

By Liora Engel-Smith Novant Health will partner with UNC Health to bolster medical education programs at New Hanover Regional Medical Center if the Wilmington health system chooses to affiliate, sell or merge with the Winston-Salem-based nonprofit system. Novant and UNC signed a letter of intent that outlines enhancements to medical education and clinical services at […]

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Coronavirus Today – April 27 -Contact tracers needed, Atrium Health clinical trial, names of nursing homes with outbreaks released

April 27, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 27 -Contact tracers needed, Atrium Health clinical trial, names of nursing homes with outbreaks released - North Carolina Health News

NCDHHS announced a contact tracing task collaborative to support local health departments through the pandemic. Meanwhile, the state released the names of nursing homes with coronavirus outbreak.

By North Carolina Health News staff Help wanted: COVID contact tracers Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, has found a partner to help double the number of coronavirus contact tracers in North Carolina. The Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative was formed through a partnership with the state health department, Community […]

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Coronavirus Today – April 13 – Pressure mounts to ease restrictions, pandemic-related prison releases, volunteer health corps growing

April 13, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 13 – Pressure mounts to ease restrictions, pandemic-related prison releases, volunteer health corps growing - North Carolina Health News

Officials said Monday that the strict social distancing measures in North Carolina are slowing the spread of the virus, even as they face pressure to reopen the state economy.

By North Carolina Health News staff Talks underway about how to open state again Gov. Roy Cooper offered a glimmer of hope to North Carolinians wondering how much longer the stay-at-home order will be in place. Cooper and Mandy Cohen, the state secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, stressed that all the […]

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NC hospice providers face new obstacles operating under shadow of COVID-19

April 9, 2020 by Thomas Goldsmith

NC hospice providers face new obstacles operating under shadow of COVID-19 - North Carolina Health News

Hospice organizations typically work quietly toward providing some level of peace for people near death and their caregivers. But with North Carolina’s health-care system ensnared by COVID-19, hospice care is encountering myriad obstacles to its compassionate mission.

By Thomas Goldsmith North Carolina’s hospices exist to provide willing patients and families a peaceful, natural means to encounter death. But the coronavirus crisis has piled distinct new levels of stress on both hospice providers and those who receive care. People receiving hospice care across North Carolina — whether in patients’ homes, hospitals or long-term […]

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North Carolina liquor sales booming

April 4, 2020 by Greg Barnes

North Carolina liquor sales booming - North Carolina Health News

Booze has been disappearing from shelves at ABC stores across the state. One type -- Everclear -- can do more than just relieve social isolation. Its alcohol content is high enough to make homemade hand sanitizer.

By Greg Barnes Everclear, among the most potent spirits available at every North Carolina ABC store, flew off the shelves in March, as did almost every other type of liquor. The run on Everclear was different, though. Most people weren’t buying the grain alcohol to drink, store managers across the state say. They were buying […]

A coronavirus sign at the entrance to a closed salon says the establishment will be closed until farther notice.

Coronavirus today – March 23 – Cooper extends school closings, orders gyms, salons, barber shops, theaters to close

March 23, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus today – March 23 – Cooper extends school closings, orders gyms, salons, barber shops, theaters to close - North Carolina Health News

As COVID-19 cases mount throughout the state, Gov. Cooper orders bars, salons, gyms and barber shops to close.

Gov. Roy Cooper has stopped short of ordering North Carolinians to “shelter in place,” as other highly populated states have done in their battles to slow the fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic. Still, Cooper took a giant step on Monday toward forcing more residents to join the “stay at home movement” by announcing his plans to sign […]

Cone Health drive-thru clinic personnel get supplies outside.

Drive-thru testing sites pop up across NC, but supply shortages cause some of them to close

March 23, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

Drive-thru testing sites pop up across NC, but supply shortages cause some of them to close - North Carolina Health News

Several health systems across the state have either set up or are in the process of setting up drive-thru testing clinics for the novel coronavirus, but some of them closed for lack of supplies.

By Liora Engel-Smith As North Carolina’s COVID-19 caseload climbs, health care providers are setting up drive-thru screening and testing sites for the novel coronavirus across the state. But supply shortages in at least two collection sites led to temporary or extended closures last week. Drive-thru sites allow people whose doctor deemed the test necessary to […]

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Coronavirus Today – Friday, March 20 – Call for medical professionals, testing ramps up, closures and postponements

March 20, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – Friday, March 20 – Call for medical professionals, testing ramps up, closures and postponements - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina completes the first full week of working from home and kids being home from school, all while the number of coronavirus cases starts to climb.

North Carolina now has 137 confirmed cases in the novel coronavirus in 38 counties, according to the Thursday morning update by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Those include two cases of community spread, meaning cases where a person came down with COVID-19 with no known contact with an infected individual. Four people […]

A gloved hand holds a pamphlet about safe drug use during COVID-19 outbreak, they are part of the mobile health workforce.

Mobile health clinics and outreach workers adjust to coronavirus

March 20, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

Mobile health clinics and outreach workers adjust to coronavirus - North Carolina Health News

The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted some of NC’s outreach workers and clinicians at mobile clinics to cancel or adjust the services they offer.

By Liora Engel-Smith As coronavirus abruptly overturns nearly every facet of life in North Carolina, agencies whose providers care for people in the community are adjusting or stopping their services. Health care has transcended brick-and-mortar clinics or even hospitals in many communities. Medical services, including dental care, screenings, syringe exchanges, and even primary care, now […]

A faucet with water flowing from it, as an illustration for drinking water contamination, with substances such as 1,4 dioxane and PFAS

School boards eye filtration to remove PFAS

February 28, 2020 by Coastal Review Online

School boards eye filtration to remove PFAS - North Carolina Health News

Amidst growing PFAS concerns, schools in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties are planning to install new water filtration systems in their water.

By Kirk Ross Coastal Review Online Schools in New Hanover and Brunswick counties are installing new water filling stations and special filters in reaction to continuing concerns about levels of industrial contaminants found in drinking water systems. The move to reduce per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, comes after a nationwide report again highlighted high […]

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