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Coronavirus Today – May 12 – Pandemic politics; NC manufacturers help; mental health awareness

May 12, 2020 by Editor Leave a Comment

Coronavirus Today – May 12 – Pandemic politics; NC manufacturers help; mental health awareness - North Carolina Health News

Political divides are emerging again during the pandemic slightly more than a week after Republicans and Democrats reached consensus on a relief package.

By North Carolina Health News staff ‘Pandemics cannot be partisan’ Eight days have passed since Republican leaders at the helm of the General Assembly stood side-by-side with Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, to show that the two parties could come together in consensus to support a $1.5 billion pandemic relief package. The harmony was short-lived. […]

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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What stories grabbed you in 2019? NC Health News most-read stories of the year, continued.

December 31, 2019 by Editor

What stories grabbed you in 2019? NC Health News most-read stories of the year, continued. - North Carolina Health News

NC Health News published more than 300 stories in 2019. These are rest of the topics which were widely read, shared and commented on.

By NC Health News staff PFAS, 1,4 dioxane still troubling NC waters In the Wilmington area, the reaction was swift to news in 2017 that potentially unhealthy levels of GenX and other “forever chemicals” had been found in drinking water drawn from the Cape Fear River. There, officials had someone to blame. The state Department […]

A municipal drinking water plant. Unlike at a private well, water is treated for bactria and for chemicals such as 1.4 dioxane at a central location, then pumped through pipes to residents. This can symbolize 1,4 dioxane contamination and clean water.

DEQ records show repeated releases of probable carcinogen into Haw River

November 19, 2019 by Greg Barnes

DEQ records show repeated releases of probable carcinogen into Haw River - North Carolina Health News

DEQ cites Greensboro and Reidsville for failing to report recent releases of 1,4 dioxane, a probable carcinogen, but newly released data show multiple discharges for almost two years.

By Greg Barnes For nearly two years, state regulators have required Greensboro and Reidsville to monitor monthly for the probable carcinogen 1,4 dioxane at their wastewater treatment plants. The data, which the state never made public before Friday, show alarmingly high concentrations of the chemical being released repeatedly into the Haw River from December 2017 […]

A building shot of a red brick structure, this is Chatham Hospital, where a new maternity unit will soon open.

New maternity unit will put family docs at the helm

November 13, 2019 by Liora Engel-Smith

New maternity unit will put family docs at the helm - North Carolina Health News

Amidst a trend of rural maternity unit closures across the state, Chatham Hospital announced it will open the 5-bed maternity unit in September 2020.

By Liora Engel-Smith The mural at the corner of Siler City’s Chatham Avenue and Beaver Street describes what was. Created to depict life in the town in 1910, it shows several one- or two-story buildings and a wide dirt road. One building in the mural has a visible sign, an ode to what was the […]

A little girl drinking water among other people. This photo was taken at the Giving Spoon to illustrate food insecurity.

Food insecurity in Chatham represents larger economic trend

October 28, 2019 by Carolina Public Press

Food insecurity in Chatham represents larger economic trend - North Carolina Health News

In places left out of the recovery, low wages and job insecurity drive expanding need, while politics may create more roadblocks to aid.

Keith Barber Carolina Public Press Chatham County, at the state’s geographical center, is home to 68,778 residents, 7,480 of whom are food insecure, according to data compiled by the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. In Chatham County, roughly one in nine people are struggling with food insecurity, which is slightly less than […]

Sec. Mandy Cohen and Deputy Sec. Dave Richard are sitting at a white table in an update on Medicaid transformation to the House Health committee

March to Medicaid managed care switch looking rocky

October 24, 2019 by Sarah Ovaska

March to Medicaid managed care switch looking rocky - North Carolina Health News

At a meeting Wednesday, lawmakers floated the idea of pushing back the date for switching to managed care from the planned Feb. 1 start date.

By Sarah Ovaska-Few No one said it would be easy to move 1.6 million Medicaid recipients away from the existing fee-for-service system that’s been in place for decades, to a new system with a different management and payment model. And that message – it’s not easy — is what state lawmakers heard Wednesday as top […]

Another dump of carcinogenic chemicals in the Haw, Cape Fear basin

October 23, 2019 by Greg Barnes

Another dump of carcinogenic chemicals in the Haw, Cape Fear basin - North Carolina Health News

Two months after the contaminant was detected at Greensboro’s wastewater treatment plant, it has been found again, this time in Reidsville in an even higher concentration.

By Greg Barnes The state Department of Environmental Quality said today that it has notified public water utilities downstream of Reidsville that another discharge of the likely carcinogen 1,4 dioxane has again fouled the Cape Fear River basin. It is the second known release of a large volume of the chemical into the basin since […]

a crowd of people in a room sit to listen intently to a discussion about dioxane and other contaminants

Drinking water contamination draws a crowd at Pittsboro forum

October 18, 2019 by Greg Barnes

Drinking water contamination draws a crowd at Pittsboro forum - North Carolina Health News

A Greensboro company responsible for the recent release of 1,4 dioxane says it handled the wastewater for another company that failed to reveal the contaminant.

By Greg Barnes Roughly 200 people turned out Wednesday evening for a forum in Pittsboro to learn more about contaminants in the town’s drinking water. Those who spoke asked state regulators and university researchers about the water coming out of their taps. Whether they needed filtration systems in their homes. Whether it’s safe to eat […]

DEQ identifies Greensboro company responsible for discharging chemical

October 15, 2019 by Greg Barnes

DEQ identifies Greensboro company responsible for discharging chemical - North Carolina Health News

DEQ initiates weekly sampling for the likely carcinogen 1,4 dioxane at Greensboro’s wastewater treatment plant.

By Greg Barnes Shamrock Environmental Corp. is the Greensboro company responsible for discharging an unspecified amount of the likely carcinogen 1,4 dioxane into the Cape Fear River basin, the state Department of Environmental Quality said in a statement released this afternoon. Officials with Shamrock Environmental were unable to be reached for comment. According to its […]

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