2024年12月30日 · By Jaymie Baxley. After three eventful years, Kody Kinsley is stepping down from his role as North Carolina’s top health official. The New Hanover native’s relatively short run as secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services was marked by several achievements that will likely be felt across the state for years to come.

2024年12月16日 · By Jaymie Baxley. The remnants of Hurricane Helene destroyed thousands of homes during its catastrophic sweep through western North Carolina in September, leaving many people without a fixed residence in a region where homelessness was already on the rise.

2024年7月1日 · Hales said the first weeks were particularly tough and frantic. “I really remember most like not sleeping for days on end,” she said. “To be quite honest, there is a stretch of time that last week of June and the first couple weeks of July where I …

2024年12月17日 · Unlike those other systems, Cone hasn’t focused as aggressively on growth. In part, that’s because it’s hemmed in geographically by giants like Atrium to the west and Duke and UNC Health to the east.

2024年11月20日 · The N.C. House of Representatives passed a bill late Nov. 19 that includes a measure to allocate more than $33 million in funding to extend grants for child care centers to help them stay afloat as previous state funding runs out.. Senate Bill 382 now goes to the Senate, where it’s expected to pass the Republican-dominated chamber easily.

2024年12月23日 · The respite house opening in Wake County signals North Carolina’s evolving approach to mental health, with the state increasing investment in peer-run programs and recognizing their ability to deliver a more compassionate and relatable experience for those in …

2024年12月5日 · By 2023, the chorus had become hard to ignore. Legislation making North Carolina the 40th state to approve expansion passed that March with bipartisan support, a reversal spurred in part by the promise of more than $1.6 billion in federal financial incentives.. The move paved the way for newly eligible residents to sign up for Medicaid that December after a protracted stalemate among lawmakers ...

2024年11月25日 · By Jaymie Baxley. After the remnants of Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina’s health care infrastructure, the N.C. Office of Emergency Medical Services deployed nine multidisciplinary teams of clinicians to waterlogged communities where residents were cut off from providers.. It was a complex undertaking that required the state to set up mobile treatment centers, medical ...

2024年10月2日 · Future phases of the project call for more research buildings, a hotel, multifamily housing and street-level retail. The Ledger/NC Health News recently toured the construction site with Atrium and Wexford representatives and chatted by phone with an administrator at the Wake Forest University Medical School.

2024年11月10日 · Recent efforts to address health disparities have run headlong into racist policies still entrenched in health systems. The design of the U.S. health care system and structural barriers have led to persistent health inequities that cost more than a million lives and billions of dollars, according to the national academies report.