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Aging

Feds put ‘special focus’ on 10 NC nursing homes with sketchy performance records

by Thomas Goldsmith October 12, 2021October 11, 2021

Changes for NC’s state veterans nursing homes proposed in pending budget bill

by Thomas Goldsmith September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

After complaints, NC restores familiar data source for seniors choosing Medicare supplements

by Thomas Goldsmith September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

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Children’s health

Pandemic babies: how are they developing in a world upended by COVID?

by Taylor Knopf October 21, 2021October 19, 2021

An $805 million investment in NC child care amid COVID

by Anne Blythe October 8, 2021October 7, 2021

Postpartum Medicaid benefits could be extended to one year in budget

by Elizabeth Thompson October 7, 2021October 6, 2021

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Environmental health

Environmental lawsuit challenges NC biogas production from hog waste

by Carolina Public Press October 23, 2021October 22, 2021

Health Care Half Hour – Environmental justice in eastern NC

by Editor October 22, 2021October 22, 2021

Unchecked growth of industrial animal farms spurs long fight for environmental justice in Eastern NC

by Melba Newsome October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

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Gender health

Supporting mothers through addiction as two public health crises converge

by Elizabeth Thompson October 15, 2021October 14, 2021

How a trans-led food pantry aims to eliminate food insecurity in WNC

by Elizabeth Thompson October 4, 2021October 12, 2021

‘Constant chipping away at our reproductive rights’: Advocates slam funding for crisis pregnancy centers in House budget

by Elizabeth Thompson September 21, 2021September 20, 2021

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health disparities

In a global pandemic, Afghan refugees in NC face a challenging health care system

by Nadia Bokhari September 29, 2021October 1, 2021

More emergency surgeries, more ‘catastrophic’ bills in states without Medicaid expansion

by Rose Hoban September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

NC ‘hotspot’ for colorectal cancer in Black men. Have you been screened?

by Elizabeth Thompson September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

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mental health

UNC leads training of NC college students, faculty to connect peers to mental health resources

by Anne Blythe October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

Businesses seek to support employees struggling with depression, anxiety

by Taylor Knopf October 12, 2021October 11, 2021

High cost of treating addiction in NC

by Carolina Public Press October 1, 2021September 30, 2021

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oral health

Your dentist can see you remotely

by Anne Blythe July 27, 2021July 26, 2021

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

by Liora Engel-Smith July 20, 2021July 19, 2021

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

Questions about COVID testing in NC prisons cause confusion, fear for inmates

by Elizabeth Thompson September 27, 2021September 26, 2021

NC prisons and jails reporting increased COVID cases amidst Delta surge

by Elizabeth Thompson August 27, 2021October 22, 2021

Law limiting shackling of pregnant people passes NC Senate

by Elizabeth Thompson August 26, 2021September 13, 2021

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public health

Naloxone shortage could lead to thousands of overdose deaths

by Editor October 22, 2021October 21, 2021

Rural COVID-death rate twice as high as urban one

by Daily Yonder September 18, 2021September 19, 2021

Health Care Half Hour: How assisted living centers have avoided paying millions in fines

by Editor September 17, 2021September 16, 2021

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state health policy

Three months into Medicaid transformation, providers say the new administrative burdens are crushing

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven October 19, 2021October 18, 2021

Six Republican counties in WNC pledged their support for Medicaid expansion. What’s changed?

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven October 11, 2021October 11, 2021

COVID-19 didn’t help the North Carolina nursing shortage

by Queens University News Service October 5, 2021October 4, 2021

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