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Posted inState Health Policy

Walls around ‘hearing aids’ to tumble as some in NC trumpet warnings

by Thomas Goldsmith February 24, 2022February 23, 2022

By Thomas Goldsmith In this connected age, a measure of help for people with hearing loss might seem as close as an iPhone, an app and earbuds. With a coming federal rule change, North Carolinians with mild to moderate hearing loss will be able to buy devices called hearing aids — some for as little […]

Shows nurses desks in an intensive care ward. The desks are across a corridor from a wall of windows looking into the rooms of ICU patients who are sick with COVID.
Posted inInfectious Disease

‘Incidental’ COVID cases, full ICUs, plus staff shortages stressing NC hospitals

by Rose Hoban January 14, 2022January 14, 2022
shows a woman at a table with a laptop and implements to give a vaccine talking to a man. The're both wearing masks to prevent COVID.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Providers, health directors push back on complaints of slow vaccine rollout

by Rose Hoban January 15, 2021January 26, 2021
shows a man standing at a podium speaking to the camera, his arms spread wide as he talks about the COVID pandemic and vaccine response
Posted inPublic Health

Coronavirus Today – Jan 12 – Cooper calls out “dangerous rhetoric;” Lawmakers criticize vaccine rollout; Large vaccine events coming

by Rose Hoban January 12, 2021April 14, 2021
shows a pink piggy bank wearing stethoscope and the listening end of the stethoscope is on a dollar bill, spending, money
Posted inCost of Care

How much will a hip replacement cost? UNC Health has a new estimator tool for that.

by Anne Blythe December 17, 2020January 27, 2021
shows an african american woman who has just gotten an injection against COVID-19 from another woman, They're both wearing masks and goggles.
Posted inInfectious Disease

COVID vaccines are on the way. We break down what you need to know.

by Rose Hoban December 16, 2020January 27, 2021

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