Wake County Archives - Page 6 of 47 - North Carolina Health News

several people stand in front of a white painted brick ranch house holding a purple ribbon and the woman in the center is cutting it with giant scissors

Home-like respite stay is new alternative to psychiatric hospitalization in Raleigh

by Taylor Knopf December 23, 2024December 26, 2024

Graphic showing the role of firearms in youth suicides and homicides in North Carolina in 2022.

Children's Health

Child advocates again asking N.C. legislators to support safe gun storage efforts

by Jennifer Fernandez November 18, 2024November 17, 2024

A Black man holds a flyer for the Recidivism Reduction Call Center in front of the N.C. Department of Adult Correction's Central Prison.

Hotline connects formerly incarcerated people with reentry resources

by Rachel Crumpler October 8, 2024January 23, 2026

In the image's foreground, three black pipes are partially submerged in a bed of sand. In the background, a small machine with a bucket attached is spreading a layer of dark brown soil on the pipes.

Environmental Health

NC focuses on helping municipal water and sewer systems, but septic owners will have to wait

by Will Atwater September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

snarling raccoon

Infectious Disease

Rabid raccoon attack raises questions about when cases get reported to the public

by Jennifer Fernandez August 2, 2024December 17, 2024

An art installation created at a statewide summit on suicide prevention. The display has the words "We See You" in purple surrounded by Polaroid pictures of summit attendees. The art represents the message attendees are spreading in their communities to help people struggling with mental health challenges and to prevent suicide.

Communities across N.C. work to curb suicides amid worsening mental health crisis

by Rachel Crumpler June 25, 2024June 25, 2024