DHHS orders consolidation of state-funded mental health agencies
By Taylor Knopf In an effort to streamline the public mental health care system in North Carolina, the state Department of Health and Human Services…
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Cape Fear River and PFAS
By Will Atwater Six years after the discovery of PFAS chemicals in the Cape Fear River, area residents are still trying to figure out what…
Violence against doctors, nurses is rising; a new law aims to protect them
By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger/ NC Health News Emergency physician Jennifer Casaletto has been cursed at, shoved, punched, spat on and bitten while trying…
Obamacare insurance enrollment begins Nov. 1
By Julie Appleby KFF Health News For millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, the end of…
Nurses head to campaign school to run for office
By Rose Hoban Year after year, nurses top the list of the most trusted professions. At the same time, politicians rank at the bottom when…
NC makes slow progress on prison AC upgrades
By Anne Blythe Some may regret the passing of summer, but for many who are confined in North Carolina’s prisons, it could bring a sense…
State looks to close digital divide for farmworkers
By Jaymie Baxley Many of the state’s more than 75,000 farmworkers lack high-speed internet, limiting their access to digital services that have been shown to…
Transgender youth in NC face medical “whiplash” from gender-affirming care ban
By Rachel Crumpler Atlas, a 15-year-old transgender boy living in Moore County, wants to have his body align with who he feels he truly is…
Mental healthcare limited for foster children
By Rachel Baldauf Amanda Price and her husband were finally in the process of adopting their three daughters in 2022. The couple had fostered the…
Children’s mental health swamps rural providers
By Ben Rappaport This is the first in a two-part project about the children’s mental health crisis in Bladen, Columbus, Robeson and Scotland counties. Read…