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Tag: Wilkes County

A county by county map of US colored to show opioid death risk, including access to medication-assisted treatment
Posted inSubstance Use

Forty-one N.C. counties classified as “high risk” in new opioid study

by Yen Duong July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
shows signs advertising rural broadband at a lonely rural crossroads. Broadband is necessary for better telehealth penetration in NC's rural burgs.
Posted inConsumer News

Lawmakers look for ways to reduce barriers to rural broadband

by Taylor Knopf May 1, 2019November 9, 2019
A view above sedimentation basins, where the water is clarified as heavy particles settle. Photo by Gabe Rivin
Posted inEnvironmental Health

State eyes consolidation of aging rural water and sewer systems

by Greg Barnes March 26, 2019November 13, 2019
aerial photo of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center with winston-Salem in the background. Researchers at the hospital created a device that may eventually be used as treatment for liver cancer.
Posted inHospitals

Federal Agency: Wake Forest Baptist “now in compliance with Medicare”

by Mark Tosczak June 18, 2018April 14, 2021
an older woman holds up a folded over document and looks off camera as others look at her.
Posted inState Health Policy

State Budget’s Potential Winners and Losers Were A Mystery Before This Week

by Rose Hoban May 30, 2018April 14, 2021
Posted inRural Health

Life Expectancy Gap Widens for Appalachia

by Rose Hoban August 30, 2017April 15, 2021

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