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Vibrio survivor, wife warn of bacteria’s risks

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By Trista Talton Coastal Review Online Fifteen minutes. That’s roughly the amount of time Richard Flaherty spent in 2 to 3 inches of flood waters helping a neighbor in Oriental the day after Hurricane Florence made landfall last year. Twenty-four hours later, Flaherty’s left leg had been amputated above the knee. His odds of survival […]

firefighter who's fighting for cancer relief among his men via Project T.O.M.
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Fighting for those who risk all to help others

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Many are injured on the job, most lack health insurance. Meet the cowboys of the sea.

by Taylor Knopf July 23, 2018August 10, 2023
NC State University/ Dr. David Crouse
Posted inRural Health

Helping Farmers Care for Their Number One Asset: Themselves

by Taylor Knopf July 4, 2017October 4, 2022
Capt. Mark Stafford, from the City of Conover FD, Chief Andy Webster from the Statesville FD and Depty Chief Derik Martin from the Hickory FD came to the legislature to ask for, among other things, a death benefit for firefighters who die of certain cancers during their working lives.
Posted inChronic Disease, Disabilities, Health Insurance, NC Health Briefs, State Health Policy

Firefighters Petition for More Health Care

by Editor June 16, 2016June 16, 2016
N.C. Congressional districts: All cancers, males and females, rates compared to surrounding states. Data and map courtesy ACS.
Posted inChronic Disease, Featured, Health Inequities, Health Insurance

Cancer Maps Show Southeastern States Falling Behind

by Editor October 14, 2015October 27, 2015

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