By Elizabeth Thompson and Rachel Crumpler Even as COVID cases continue to bubble up around North Carolina as the new BA.5 Omicron subvariant spreads, for
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What does ‘back to normal’ mean for people hit hardest by the pandemic?
By Elizabeth Thompson and Rachel Crumpler Even as COVID cases continue to bubble up around North Carolina as the new BA.5 Omicron subvariant spreads, for
Medicaid patients and county workers brace for the end of the COVID public health emergency
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven When the pandemic hit, Rachel got sick with COVID-19. Like millions of others across the country, the rural eastern North Carolina resident
Environmentalists say policies limiting single-use plastics are necessary to curb NC’s growing microplastics problem
By Will Atwater An environmental advocacy group in Durham has been pushing for a county-wide proposal to put a 10-cent fee on single-use plastic bags.
How long will North Carolina remain an abortion ‘safe haven’?
By Rachel Crumpler It’s been six weeks since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. Abortion regulation
Monkeypox straining already overstretched public health system
By Michael Ollove, Pew Trusts Deep into their third year of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, local and state public health workers are battered, depleted and,
Nursing Homes Are Suing the Friends and Family of Residents to Collect Debts
By Noam N. Levy, Kaiser Health News Lucille Brooks was stunned when she picked up the phone before Christmas two years ago and learned a
Trusted community messengers, data key in North Carolina’s journey to vaccine equity
By Rachel Crumpler On Dec. 14, 2020, Katie Passaretti, medical director of infection prevention at Atrium Health, became the first person in North Carolina to
Health Care Half Hour – The future of nursing homes
by Thomas Goldsmith As the long term care system emerges from COVID will we see better care in these facilities? What are the cracks that
Youth mental health crisis is “the next wave of the pandemic,” Duke psychiatrist says
By Anne Blythe More than $110 billion has been awarded to North Carolina in federal aid to help battle COVID-19 as wave after wave of