Tag: Pitt County

By Thomas Goldsmith In the North Carolina counties hit hardest by Hurricane Florence, people who already get help buying food will be given more, and those not on a state or federal food program can receive assistance going forward, federal and state officials said Thursday. The announcement follows by a few days a visit to

By Mark Tosczak Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described Shephard Lee Spruill’s former employer and job title. Pain clinics in Winston-Salem and Roanoke Rapids have come under new ownership as their Tennessee-based parent company has closed practices in multiple states and its former CEO faces Medicare fraud charges. Other clinics in North Carolina

By Taylor Knopf Two years ago, Jasmine Hopkins was living out of her vehicle with a toddler and a newborn in Pitt County. “At that time, I was going through some personal things. I just needed a little more support and help,” Hopkins, 25, said. A social worker referred Hopkins to a state-funded program called

By Catherine Clabby Rocky Mount police chief James Moore brought a blunt question to a statewide meeting of county health directors in Raleigh last year. Why don’t more public health professionals work to the reduce gun violence that disproportionately kills black citizens in this state? State data obtained by North Carolina Health News confirmed the

By Rose Hoban MedPage Today/ North Carolina Health News Not too long ago, Greg Murphy took care of his Greenville home’s lawn and garden himself. Now the grass is looking ragged. The roses too. “I noticed his grass was all torn up,” said one of his patients, Bob Earnhardt, who passes the house regularly. “He

By Leah Asmelash In each version of the North Carolina budget presented this year, from Gov. Roy Cooper to leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, lawmakers crowed about how they were chipping away at waiting lists for the state’s subsidized NC Pre-K program. “Over the next two years, we’re adding $27 million

By Catherine Clabby North Carolina’s General Assembly appears poised to beef up state standards required to protect more children from lead at home and in the other places they frequent. If that happens, North Carolina’s threshold for intervening after a blood test reveals lead contamination in a child will finally match Centers of Disease Control

By Rose Hoban Veterans at VA hospitals and clinics in North Carolina and Virginia had longer wait times for appointments, care and referrals to specialists, including for mental health care, than the electronic scheduling system showed  to regional Veterans Affairs leadership. An audit released last week by the Veterans Health Administration Office of the Inspector

After legislators passed funds for Hurricane Matthew relief, they kept going. Update: The legislature adjourned Friday without passing the regulatory reform bill, HB 3. By Catherine Clabby and Rose Hoban With large, sweeping measures, the North Carolina General Assembly has moved to limit the power of incoming Democratic governor-elect Roy Cooper, introducing bills during a

The report is only produced every four years and examines markets in the entire U.S. By Rose Hoban The performance of some health systems in North Carolina has improved during the past four years, but according to a new report, they could serve people better if the state expanded Medicaid. In a report that’s issued