Parents lobby to raise awareness of stillbirth in NC
By Emily Vespa Brittany Day will never forget when she saw the lifeless bodies of her twin daughters, Sophie and Ruby, on a hospital ultrasound…
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NC making workforce plan for Medicaid enrollees
By Jaymie Baxley Medicaid expansion has already provided more than 450,000 low-income North Carolinians with health insurance. Could it also help them find better-paying jobs?…
Using nature to treat mental health patients
By Rose Hoban The impulse to retreat to nature to improve and sustain one’s mental health has a long history — from the times of…
Former psych hospital staff allege they were told to falsify records
This article was co-published with WRAL-TV. By Taylor Knopf Days after her 21st birthday in March 2023, Mo Hatcher found herself short of breath and…
Former employees say NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article mentions self-harm, suicide, sexual assault, violence and psychiatric hospitalization. If you need mental health support, call or text 988 or consult…
New federal rule to boost pay for home health workers
By Jaymie Baxley Under a new federal rule, home health care providers in North Carolina will be required to put most of the money they…
NC expanding peer mental health support
By Taylor Knopf North Carolinians in need of mental health support now have more places to call — and soon will have more places to…
State leaders mobilize to strengthen reentry support for people leaving prison
By Rachel Crumpler Ninety-five percent of incarcerated people in North Carolina prisons will one day return home — roughly 18,000 people this year alone. But…
Cooper’s health care budget helps NC’s most vulnerable
By Rose Hoban Now that Gov. Roy Cooper has checked expanding Medicaid off his gubernatorial to-do list, he has shifted his health care focus to…
Charting a map for NC’s growing 65+ population
By Anne Blythe There’s an old saying that age is just a number. But when you look at the state demographer’s projected growth of the…