Tainted applesauce case detected first in NC
By Rose Hoban Quick work from a North Carolina pediatrician and Catawba County public health authorities helped detect mass lead poisoning that has affected more…
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No state budget this year means Medicaid could run low
By Grace Vitaglione NC Medicaid costs fluctuate each year. The state Department of Health and Human Services forecasts how costs might change and asks the…
Swim program aims to prevent child drowning deaths
By Jennifer Fernandez Growing up in land-locked Oklahoma, learning to swim wasn’t a high priority in Rebecca Pearson-Yates’ household. Nonetheless, the Greensboro mother of five…
Leave fireworks to the professionals, docs say
By Jennifer Fernandez Booker T. King, a surgeon and director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Health has seen some gruesome things…
Child care advocates protest funding shortfall
By Jennifer Fernandez and Grace Vitaglione RALEIGH — Emma Biggs walked into the legislative building on June 26 knowing she likely would be arrested for…
Funding for crime victims has dwindled
By Jennifer Fernandez Deana Joy is in Washington, D.C., this week with other North Carolina colleagues who work with families affected by sexual assault, child…
Family donates Garner boy’s organs
By Jennifer Fernandez Eight-year-old Miles Campbell loved to help those in need, a lesson he learned from his parents. Their latest project, spearheaded by his…
Child care advocates rally for funding, support
By Jennifer Fernandez RALEIGH — Dozens of child care facilities across North Carolina closed Thursday. Not because they didn’t have enough teachers — which many…
Net loss of N.C. child care sites increasing
By Katie Dukes EducationNC More licensed child care programs in North Carolina are closing their doors as the state approaches the expiration of pandemic-era stabilization…
Legislators get competing gun regulation messages
By Jennifer Fernandez Gun rights supporters want North Carolina to continue relaxing restrictions, asking legislators last week to get rid of the state permit required…