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shows people running around a bend in the road out of shadow into the sunshine, some of them are beautifully backlit
Posted inInfectious Disease

Returning to workout after COVID? Not so fast.

by Liora Engel-Smith December 28, 2020January 27, 2021

By Liora Engel-Smith Exercise was the last thing on Crissi Harrison’s mind when she learned she had contracted the novel coronavirus in November. The emergency room nurse, who works in Gastonia but lives in Charlotte, had many of the classic symptoms of coronavirus. She felt tired and she had a fever and congestion. But perhaps […]

A woman holds a tiny card with a brush, demonstrating a colorectal cancer screening that can be done at home.
Posted inHealth Inequities

Providers at this NC colon cancer hotspot seek to shrink the screening gap with at-home tests

by Liora Engel-Smith November 13, 2020January 27, 2021
Dr. Suzanne Dixon is a woman in a black shirt that's standing in the middle of a group of providers in scrubs. She's tasked with thinking about the future of maternity units and maternity care in the mountain region.
Posted inRural Health

When a rural maternity unit closes, alternatives are hard to come by

by Liora Engel-Smith February 24, 2020February 23, 2020
A little boy is on his dad's arm, looking at a baby through a window at Martin General Hospital, which will soon stop offering maternity services
Posted inHospitals

EasternĀ NC hospital nixes maternity services

by Liora Engel-Smith September 30, 2019December 3, 2019
in the foreground, a sign reading Ocracoke Health Center, with buildings and people walking away in the background
Posted inHealthcare Workers

North Carolina’s most remote clinic?

by Rose Hoban August 1, 2019August 1, 2019
five women, some sitting, some standing look at the camera. One woman is wrapped in a blanket.
Posted inFeatured

State Stands Up Specialized Medical Shelters for Sicker Evacuees

by Rose Hoban September 18, 2018September 16, 2022

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