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Door to a unit inside a jail. Jail suicides and overdoses are on the rise across the state. The counties may not have enough resources to fight COVID-19.

NC governor to sheriffs: No extra state COVID-19 resources available for jail inmates

March 28, 2020 by Taylor Knopf 10 Comments

NC governor to sheriffs: No extra state COVID-19 resources available for jail inmates - North Carolina Health News

In a conference call with Gov. Roy Cooper, NC sheriffs asked about medical assistance for possible jail inmates with COVID-19. Cooper couldn’t provide them with much.

By Taylor Knopf North Carolina has 100 counties each with their own sheriff and jail system, meaning there are 100 different responses to the COVID-19 pandemic for jail inmates across the state. On Tuesday, North Carolina’s sheriffs joined Gov. Roy Cooper on a conference call with questions about what to do if the virus is […]

A church that's empty because of prohibitions against gatherings because of COVID-19

NC faith leaders forge creative paths as COVID-19 closes traditional services

March 21, 2020 by Thomas Goldsmith Leave a Comment

NC faith leaders forge creative paths as COVID-19 closes traditional services - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina’s centers of faith face unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 virus. Churches, mosques and synagogues built on strong senses of community must find new ways to worship now that circumstances have forbidden congregating.

By Thomas Goldsmith When disaster strikes, North Carolinians often flock to churches or other faith centers to experience worship, support each other, and help the broader community. But the lowering threat of COVID-19 in North Carolina has mostly shut the doors of churches, synagogues and mosques to gatherings of any size. The crisis is directing […]

A look inside the former Dorothea Dix Chapel, which features dark wooden pews and ornate panels.

Former chapel on NC’s Dorothea Dix campus to reopen, welcome visitors, events

January 27, 2020 by Thomas Goldsmith

Former chapel on NC’s Dorothea Dix campus to reopen, welcome visitors, events - North Carolina Health News

All Faiths Chapel of Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh will become a multi-purpose and welcome center after a $2 million renovation that’s just getting underway. Spiritual gatherings may still take place there, but it will also house concerts, meetings and educational events.

By Thomas Goldsmith The chapel that patients and staff at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Hospital attended for almost 60 years is getting a $2 million facelift and will greet visitors to Dix Park as well as offer concerts, community meetings, educational programs, spiritual events and more. The All Faiths Chapel opened in 1955 as a brand […]

A dental professional like a dental hygienist or dentist puts a flashlight into someone's mouth. It's a proxy for dentists and oral health.

NC dentists and dental hygienists have been in a long tug-of-war over practice limits. Hygienists just gained a bit of ground.

January 23, 2020 by Anne Blythe

NC dentists and dental hygienists have been in a long tug-of-war over practice limits. Hygienists just gained a bit of ground. - North Carolina Health News

New scope of practice rules mean dental hygienists will be freer to practice without dentists present. Dentists were OK with the changes.

By Anne Blythe Many of North Carolina’s school children in rural and low-wage areas who have never seen a dentist could have greater access to oral health care soon. On Jan. 16, the legislative rules review commission adopted a long-telegraphed change to scope of practice rules for North Carolina dental hygienists, an amendment that goes […]

Participants in a falls prevention workshop look at photos of common household hazards around a white table.

To prevent senior deaths from falls, NC providers turn to exercise and home-proofing

January 22, 2020 by Thomas Goldsmith

To prevent senior deaths from falls, NC providers turn to exercise and home-proofing - North Carolina Health News

Deaths following falls is on the rise among seniors. But keeping up strength and mobility can prevent falls, as can making homes safer for those at risk, say North Carolinians working to counter the trend.

By Thomas Goldsmith The family tragedy often unfolds something like this — Cousin Lily, who’s 88, falls at home in August and enters the hospital with a broken hip. By Thanksgiving, Lily is gone; dead following complications. People sometimes don’t realize that Lily could still be living and that older people, in general, can increase […]

Two women interact at an adult day care canter in Raleigh

NC Adult day care centers serve vital purpose, but face stagnant rates

January 7, 2020 by Thomas Goldsmith

NC Adult day care centers serve vital purpose, but face stagnant rates - North Carolina Health News

Adult day care centers don’t have as high a profile as assisted living and nursing homes, but provide a level of care that can allow an older person to stay at home instead of at a residential center.

By Thomas Goldsmith Time spent at an adult day care center can make major life differences for older North Carolinians who have trouble staying at home alone, and for those who look after them. For thousands of caregivers of an older person or someone with disabilities, such a center serves a place of safety and […]

A little holiday toy in Christmas lights as an illustration of holiday toys.

Toys to avoid this holiday season

December 19, 2019 by Sarah Ovaska

Toys to avoid this holiday season - North Carolina Health News

Slime, magnetic toys and more on annual list of unsafe toys.

By Sarah Ovaska It’s the time of year when store shelves are groaning with toys and relatives wander through stores, trying to figure out just what would be just right for a 2-year-old niece, grandson or daughter. But not all the toys out there for sale are necessarily safe, with young children particularly at risk […]

Dorothea Dix Hospital was known for almost a century as a lunatic asylum, as seen here in the inset to the 1872 "Bird's Eye View" map of Raleigh.

As a new Dix park gathers momentum, site’s history provides complex context

December 12, 2019 by Thomas Goldsmith

As a new Dix park gathers momentum, site’s history provides complex context - North Carolina Health News

As planning continues for a destination park on the site of the former Dorothea Dix Hospital, former employees looked back on what made the facility special and how it should be remembered.

By Thomas Goldsmith As the 308-acre Raleigh campus of Dorothea Dix Hospital is being transformed into a destination park, former employees remember it not only as a haven for people with mental illness but also as a nearly self-sufficient small town. Their memories detail many instances of caring treatment by Dix professionals. But the Dix […]

Several students sit on a sidewalk, they are all working on a PFAS project together

Raleigh students take on PFAS pollution

November 21, 2019 by Greg Barnes

Raleigh students take on PFAS pollution - North Carolina Health News

Ten students at The Exploris School, a charter school in Raleigh, hope their project on forever chemicals will help bring awareness to the issue and get industries to stop polluting the state’s waterways.

By Greg Barnes Many eighth-graders at The Exploris School in downtown Raleigh had never heard of forever chemicals before they began their clean water project earlier this year. Now they are on a mission to help educate people in nearby communities about drinking water contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, and […]

A bunch of men with suits sit around tables in the General Assembley in Raleigh, where last week they changed the definition of sexual assault, closing a loophole in the law.

NC sexual assault reforms pass unanimously

November 7, 2019 by Carolina Public Press

NC sexual assault reforms pass unanimously - North Carolina Health News

Loopholes on revoked consent and incapacitated sexual assault closed without opposition by NC House and Senate.

Kate Martin Carolina Public Press UPDATE: Gov. Cooper signed the bill into law this week. A wide-ranging legislative package reforming sexual assault laws passed both chambers of the NC General Assembly unanimously last week, with two elements closing decades-old legal loopholes on the definition of rape that set North Carolina apart. The Senate passed SB […]

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