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Aging

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NC Health News’ top ten reader picks in 2021

by Rose Hoban, Anne Blythe, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Taylor Knopf and Elizabeth Thompson December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

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NC senior centers use holidays to reunite the lonely, combat continuing peril of COVID

by Thomas Goldsmith December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

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NC’s perennially popular senior centers eye post-COVID changes, modernized approaches

by Thomas Goldsmith November 30, 2021November 29, 2021

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Children’s health

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Making music, changing lives: Youth orchestras help at-risk kids

by Elizabeth Thompson January 13, 2022January 12, 2022

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NC doulas guide new parents through birth and beyond

by Elizabeth Thompson January 12, 2022January 11, 2022

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Tired of seeing barriers disrupt mental health support for students, this district redesigned its process

by Education NC January 9, 2022January 7, 2022

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Environmental health

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A look ahead for health in N.C. for 2022

by Rose Hoban, Anne Blythe, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Taylor Knopf and Elizabeth Thompson January 3, 2022December 31, 2021

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Extreme heat prompts effort to protect farmworkers and other laborers

by Daily Yonder December 28, 2021December 27, 2021

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How the infrastructure package could impact Appalachians living with failing water systems

by Southerly Magazine December 28, 2021December 27, 2021

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Gender health

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Outside the binary and behind bars: Incarcerated transgender and intersex people face challenges

by Elizabeth Thompson November 22, 2021November 21, 2021

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Supporting mothers through addiction as two public health crises converge

by Elizabeth Thompson October 15, 2021October 14, 2021

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Postpartum Medicaid benefits could be extended to one year in budget

by Elizabeth Thompson October 7, 2021October 6, 2021

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health disparities

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Vaccines become more accessible to farmworkers, but many still struggle with internet access

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven January 10, 2022January 9, 2022

Jail suicides are on the rise in North Carolina

‘Worst case scenario’: Omicron looms large over NC prisons

by Elizabeth Thompson January 4, 2022January 3, 2022

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Lost in translation: U.S. health care agencies struggle to serve refugees

by Correspondent December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

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mental health

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Treatment for opioid use disorder – not separate but still unequal

by Melba Newsome December 17, 2021December 21, 2021

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Gentlemen Quarters Barbershop Academy: Mentoring in the barber’s chair

by Correspondent December 13, 2021December 12, 2021

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Decreasing opioid deaths, not with abstinence, but harm reduction

by Elizabeth Thompson December 10, 2021December 9, 2021

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oral health

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Your dentist can see you remotely

by Anne Blythe July 27, 2021July 26, 2021

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Even before coronavirus, almost half of adults in rural areas went without dental care

by Liora Engel-Smith July 20, 2021December 8, 2021

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You can get a COVID-19 vaccine at this dentist’s offices

by Anne Blythe April 23, 2021May 5, 2021

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prison health

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Increasing MAT use in carceral facilities could save lives, but faces barriers

by Elizabeth Thompson December 21, 2021December 20, 2021

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Prisoners on work release fear bringing in COVID from the outside, then spreading it inside

by Elizabeth Thompson December 16, 2021December 17, 2021

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NC jails report deaths, but what if you almost died while incarcerated?

by Elizabeth Thompson December 7, 2021December 6, 2021

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public health

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More rapid tests are coming. What’s the best way to use them?

by Rose Hoban January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

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Record number of Americans sign up for ACA health insurance

by Kaiser Health News January 15, 2022January 17, 2022

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

by Rose Hoban January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

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state health policy

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Contradictory state laws aimed at stopping drug overdoses aren’t applied equally

by Melba Newsome January 6, 2022January 6, 2022

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Coronavirus Today – Dec 14: One year with COVID-19 vaccine

by Anne Blythe December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Targeting the opioid crisis, NC lawmakers give $10M to new church ministry

by Taylor Knopf December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

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