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State Health Policy

Coronavirus Today – July 29 Governor to require state workers in his cabinet to show proof of vaccination or wear masks and get tested

by Anne Blythe July 29, 2021October 26, 2022

By Anne Blythe When Gov. Roy Cooper and Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, stepped up to the podium in the state Emergency Operations Center on Thursday, something was noticeably different. Both wore face masks to the COVID-19 briefing for the first time in several months. For nearly two […]

shows a building that has the words "Floyd Medical Center" on the side of it.

N.C.-based Atrium clinches deal for another Georgia hospital system

by Correspondent July 27, 2021December 2, 2021

We see a demonstrator in a tan hat holding a large transgender flag and another person behind them in glasses and a black hat holding two smaller flags, the pride flag and the transgender flag, at a rally for transgender rights on a train platform in Phoenix, Arizona.

Victory for LGBTQ: Blue Cross NC expands coverage for trans surgeries

by Elizabeth Thompson July 22, 2021August 31, 2022

shows three politicians who are usually at odds on the same dias, they're there in order to sign bills to provide COVID relief

State Health Policy

State Senate presents budget, with a bump up in spending for health and human services

by Mona Dougani June 23, 2021August 31, 2022

Shows a woman during the pandemic in a surgical mask and hospital scrubs using soap and water to scrub her arms.

Healthcare Workers

‘Why do I put my life on the line?’ Pandemic trauma haunts health workers

by Pew Trusts March 21, 2021March 21, 2021

shows a man in a suit sitting at a desk signing a paper that strengthens Medicaid, in the background, a woman in a mask to prevent COVID transmission stands, watching.

The federal pandemic relief bill contains a big carrot to expand Medicaid. Will North Carolina bite?

by Rose Hoban March 18, 2021March 17, 2021