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Keeping health operations going in a disaster. Western NC hospitals two weeks after Helene.

habibur vendabariOctober 15, 2024October 15, 2024

by habibur vendabariOctober 15, 2024October 15, 2024025

Hospital operations in Western North Carolina are beginning to stabilize two weeks after Tropical Storm Helene left hospitals to manage overrun emergency departments without power...

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Colorado’s Naloxone Fund Is Drying Up, Even as Opioid Settlement Money Rolls In

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DENVER — On a bustling street corner one recent afternoon outside the offices of the Harm Reduction Action Center, employees of the education and advocacy...

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NH Planned Parenthood officials say Vance defunding call ‘dangerous’ for health care

habibur vendabariOctober 14, 2024October 14, 2024

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Local Planned Parenthood officials joined their national counterparts Wednesday in raising concerns about vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s assurances that he and former President Donald...

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A boy’s bicycling death haunts a Black neighborhood. Thirty-five years later, there’s still no sidewalk.

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by KFF Health News, North Carolina Health NewsOctober 13, 2024 By Renuka Rayasam and Fred Clasen-Kelly KFF Health News DURHAM, N.C. — It’s been 35 years since John...

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HCA and nurses union reach contract deal in the midst of disaster response

habibur vendabariOctober 13, 2024October 13, 2024

by habibur vendabariOctober 13, 2024October 13, 2024030

At a hospital without running water, Asheville’s Mission Hospital and its union of nurses have come to a long-awaited agreement, ratifying a new three-year contract...

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Two weeks later. Taking stock of storm recovery across Western NC, county-by-county.

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by habibur vendabariOctober 13, 2024October 13, 2024027

For much of Western North Carolina, there was everything that happened before Sept. 27 when Helene swept through the region. And then there is everything...

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Jackson water update: Federal judge questions EPA public meetings, Henifin details system progress

habibur vendabariOctober 12, 2024October 12, 2024

by habibur vendabariOctober 12, 2024October 12, 2024026

On Thursday evening and Friday morning, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency held listening sessions in the capital city to hear...

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Youth mental health task force makes recommendations, including workforce development and addressing cell phones in schools

habibur vendabariOctober 11, 2024October 11, 2024

by habibur vendabariOctober 11, 2024October 11, 2024028

The committee tasked with studying young people’s mental health made recommendations to the state Legislature Oct. 1. The group proposed measures to shore up the...

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Civic health indicators on decline since pandemic, UNH researchers find

habibur vendabariOctober 11, 2024October 11, 2024

by habibur vendabariOctober 11, 2024October 11, 2024021

There has been a sharp decline since before the pandemic in the share of Granite Staters who feel they matter in their communities, researchers found...

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Mental health needs rising in WNC after Helene. How can providers help?

habibur vendabariOctober 10, 2024October 10, 2024

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After weathering the storm at home in the town of Marion, A.C. was without power and water and decided to make the 30 mile-trip to...

Category : Health

Keeping health operations going in a disaster. Western NC hospitals two weeks after Helene.

Colorado’s Naloxone Fund Is Drying Up, Even as Opioid Settlement Money Rolls In

NH Planned Parenthood officials say Vance defunding call ‘dangerous’ for health care

A boy’s bicycling death haunts a Black neighborhood. Thirty-five years later, there’s still no sidewalk.

HCA and nurses union reach contract deal in the midst of disaster response

Two weeks later. Taking stock of storm recovery across Western NC, county-by-county.

Jackson water update: Federal judge questions EPA public meetings, Henifin details system progress

Youth mental health task force makes recommendations, including workforce development and addressing cell phones in schools

Civic health indicators on decline since pandemic, UNH researchers find

Mental health needs rising in WNC after Helene. How can providers help?

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