CDC using COVID-era tools to tackle bird flu outbreak
By Jaymie Baxley Mandy Cohen, who led North Carolina’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing her first major test as director of the federal…
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Doctors rail against proposed ban against public masking
By Anne Blythe Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University with a knack for making medicine and science easily understood, is just as…
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…
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…
Covid relief payment jeopardized Social Security
By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer As the nation reeled from covid-19, the federal government sent many Americans a financial lifeline. But some recipients say…