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Health facility visitation becomes a legislative flashpoint

June 25, 2020 by Rose Hoban 3 Comments

Health facility visitation becomes a legislative flashpoint - North Carolina Health News

Even as lawmakers pass bills to require hospitals to allow visitors, they got an earful on how senior living centers would prefer to keep those facilities closed to visitors.

By Rose Hoban On Wednesday, lawmakers gave impassioned speeches on the floor of the legislature about patients who have endured hospitalizations and even deaths alone, without someone at their side. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals, in an effort to reduce the number of people infected with the deadly virus, have restricted visitation for their patients. […]

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Coronavirus Today – June 12 – Troubling trends, pleas to public to help reverse them; Ace Speedway tells fans no races; UNC physicians on reopening, testing

June 12, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – June 12 – Troubling trends, pleas to public to help reverse them; Ace Speedway tells fans no races; UNC physicians on reopening, testing - North Carolina Health News

Governor, secretary of health urge North Carolinians to help reverse troubling trends.

By North Carolina Health News staff ‘These trends don’t mean that our fate is sealed’ As North Carolinians get out and about more, they’re mingling more with the coronavirus that’s been creating worldwide havoc, raising concern among public health officials and physicians at major health care centers. They might have been staying at home through […]

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Affiliation, lease, sale: New Hanover Regional committee hears visions for system’s future

June 12, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

Affiliation, lease, sale: New Hanover Regional committee hears visions for system’s future - North Carolina Health News

Three hospital systems vying to partner with New Hanover Regional presented their proposals this week.

By Liora Engel-Smith A New Hanover Regional Medical Center committee weighed options for the future of the Wilmington-based hospital system this week as the county seeks a partner to back the hospital, one of the largest in the southeastern region. In a series of meetings this week, three contenders for partnership — Duke Health, Atrium […]

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The impact of racism on African Americans’ health

June 8, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

The impact of racism on African Americans’ health - North Carolina Health News

Researchers and medical professionals have identified racism not only as a social problem, but also a health risk.

By Liora Engel-Smith and Melba Newsome Braxton Winston became a symbol of the Charlotte resistance during the September 2016 protests over the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott when he stripped off his shirt to use as a mask against tear gas and stood face face-to-face with police, clenched fist raised in defiance. Winston has […]

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With more questions than answers, hydroxychloroquine still under the microscope

June 4, 2020 by Anne Blythe

With more questions than answers, hydroxychloroquine still under the microscope - North Carolina Health News

Duke University is leading a nationwide study of frontline health care workers to test whether HCQ can prevent COVID-19.

By Anne Blythe Four months ago, few would have fathomed that a 65-year-old drug would become a household name now recognized by many North Carolinians and the subject of heated political discourse. But that’s the recent history of hydroxychloroquine. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyday parlance to include such phrases as “flattening the curve,” “social […]

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This Charlotte physician fought COVID-19. Now, he donates plasma to help others.

June 1, 2020 by Anne Blythe

This Charlotte physician fought COVID-19. Now, he donates plasma to help others. - North Carolina Health News

As UNC Health, Vidant Health and other NC health care sites engage in convalescent plasma studies, getting and donating the antibody-rich blood component can be a challenge.

By Anne Blythe Nima Eftekhary had heard enough about COVID-19 in March that he pretty much knew when he woke up several months ago with a bad headache, body pains and general malaise that he probably had contracted the coronavirus that had been spreading around the globe. His fiancee had returned from New York recently […]

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Novant seeks to edge the competition over New Hanover Regional with a medical education plan

May 22, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

Novant seeks to edge the competition over New Hanover Regional with a medical education plan - North Carolina Health News

Novant Health and UNC Health have offered to bolster New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s medical education programs if the Wilmington hospital chooses them for a future affiliation, sale or merger.

By Liora Engel-Smith Novant Health will partner with UNC Health to bolster medical education programs at New Hanover Regional Medical Center if the Wilmington health system chooses to affiliate, sell or merge with the Winston-Salem-based nonprofit system. Novant and UNC signed a letter of intent that outlines enhancements to medical education and clinical services at […]

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On National Nurses’ Day, these critical health care workers are more in the spotlight

May 7, 2020 by Rose Hoban

On National Nurses’ Day, these critical health care workers are more in the spotlight - North Carolina Health News

Staffing, salary and working conditions, especially in long-term care, also shine a light on challenges for the nursing profession.

By Rose Hoban, RN For close to two decades, nurses have been ranked as the most honest and trustworthy profession in the U.S. but with the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the country, there’s a new gravity to how people are thinking about the nation’s 2.8 million nurses. “Nurses are really at the forefront of caring for […]

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Coronavirus Today – April 20 – COVID deaths surpass flu, Neuse prison outbreak, Smithfield and food supply

April 20, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – April 20 – COVID deaths surpass flu, Neuse prison outbreak, Smithfield and food supply - North Carolina Health News

N.C. coronavirus deaths in one month now exceed the entire season of flu fatalities, said DHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen.

By North Carolina Health News staff More COVID-19 deaths than flu In less than one month, the number of deaths related to COVID-19 in North Carolina has surpassed flu-related deaths for the whole season. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, made that note as she announced the state’s COVID death […]

A sign for the respiratory diagnostic clinic in UNC, which tests people for COVID-19..

At this COVID-19 testing center, you’re more than a lab number

April 11, 2020 by Anne Blythe

At this COVID-19 testing center, you’re more than a lab number - North Carolina Health News

UNC Health’s drive-through testing site doesn’t just stop with the tests.

By Anne Blythe Amir Barzin, the UNC Health physician at the helm of the Respiratory Diagnostic Center, says he and his team are seeing from 70 to 150 people a day coming in for drive-through COVID-19 testing at the Ambulatory Care Center site in Chapel Hill. In a half-hour Zoom video conference with reporters on […]

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