Decades of battles over environmental racism and hog waste still …
WEBOct 29, 2021 · Allegations of racism and environmental injustices have been at the heart of many of those battles. Several studies have shown that Black, Latino and Indigenous populations where the hog farms are located have been disproportionately impacted by these practices. Steve Wing, an epidemiologist and associate professor at …
Small NC clinic becomes big player for COVID testing - NC Health …
WEBJan 22, 2022 · A combination of luck and risk-taking quickly propel small medical clinic to forefront of COVID testing. StarMed was a relatively new clinic in 2018. Then they decided to pivot toward medical testing… just before COVID hit. by Charlotte Ledger January 22, 2022. StarMed Healthcare CEO Michael Estramonte opened a medical clinic on Tuckaseegee ...
A nationwide problem, worse in North Carolina - NC Health News
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that over the last year, the crisis grew even worse. More than 100,000 people across the country died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. Over that period, the nationwide overdose death rate rose 27 percent. In North Carolina, it grew by 37 percent.
Mayo Clinic Care Network gains a foothold in North Carolina
WEBDec 6, 2019 · A coastal North Carolina hospital has joined a selective network associated with Mayo Clinic. Carteret Health Care is the first health care facility in the state to have joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network, granting it access to expert consultations and other services. “It’s not a merger … they [Mayo] don’t want that, [and] our board ...
Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
WEBAug 10, 2021 · Here’s how to access the verification if you got vaccinated at a local health department, at a mass vaccination site that was run by the state’s DHHS. Step One: Go to the NCDHHS COVID-19 Vaccine Portal. The vaccine portal can be accessed at: https://covid-vaccine-portal.ncdhhs.gov. Step Two: Sign in using your login information.
Mental health patients fill the ER, waiting weeks for help
WEBOct 13, 2020 · In a meeting with the governor last year, the CEO of Northern Hospital in Mount Airy said his emergency department sees between 50 to 60 mental health patients a month who are waiting for a psych bed. The hospital doesn’t get paid for treating these patients, he said, adding that North Carolina needed to expand Medicaid.
An alternative to the psych hospital, run by people in mental …
WEBAug 18, 2021 · A mental health agency in Charlotte run by people with lived experience opens North Carolina’s first peer-run respite center as an alternative to landing in the emergency room for mental health issues. by Taylor Knopf August 18, 2021. Founder and CEO of Promise Resource Network Cherene Allen-Caraco smiles at PRN peer support specialist Aaron ...
NC health head Kinsley’s vision for NC forged by lessons of past
WEBFeb 4, 2022 · New DHHS Sec. Kody Kinsley, who grew up without health insurance, wants to apply aspects of the state’s pandemic response to other health issues in North Carolina. by Anne Blythe February 4, 2022. Kody Kinsley, NC Sec. of Health and Human Services, takes oath of office. His partner Angelo Mathay and …
Caring for the most stigmatized population - North Carolina …
WEBAug 11, 2020 · A 2019 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association classified 41 of North Carolina’s 100 counties as “opioid high-risk.”. About 50 percent of the patients treated at the Asheville clinic come from outside Buncombe County. Almost since its inception, Ramage and her team have pondered how they can build capacity and ...
Law aims to cut insurance costs. How much can it help? - NC …
WEBOct 28, 2021 · The law goes on the books as state lawmakers and the governor continue the perennial debate over how to get more North Carolinians covered by health insurance. North Carolina’s rate of uninsurance is 11.4 percent, more than the national average and the ninth highest in the country, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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