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Geriatricians wanted: medical schools work to recruit aging health specialists

Geriatricians wanted: medical schools work to recruit aging health specialists

By Grace Vitaglione North Carolinians are getting older, but there aren’t enough people getting trained to care for them.  The population of people ages 65 and older in North Carolina is expected to n...

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‘Right and smart thing to do’: Momentum for boosting support to people coming home after incarceration continues in second year

‘Right and smart thing to do’: Momentum for boosting support to people coming home after incarceration continues in second year

By Rachel Crumpler Ninety-five percent of incarcerated people in North Carolina prisons will one day return home — that’s roughly 18,000 people this year alone.  But walking out of the doors of one of...

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Is NC dental profession oversight/business model about to change?

Is NC dental profession oversight/business model about to change?

By Anne Blythe Shital Patel became a widow almost five years ago after she took her husband, an admired cardiologist, to a Wilmington dentist for what she was told would be a routine dental implant pr...

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‘A Safe Place to Go’: New Alamance crisis hub provides free mental health services that keep people out of jails, ERs

‘A Safe Place to Go’: New Alamance crisis hub provides free mental health services that keep people out of jails, ERs

By Taylor Knopf It’s been a little less than a year since Alamance Behavioral Health Center opened its doors to the public to offer an array of mental health services ranging from a walk-in, urgent ca...

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Rural and tribal residency program hopes to compel more young doctors to practice in rural

Rural and tribal residency program hopes to compel more young doctors to practice in rural

By Taylor Sisk Daily Yonder An interest in different cultures led Matthew Mahar to pursue an anthropology minor in college and to subsequently travel extensively. More recently, it’s led him to a hosp...

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NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

By Grace Vitaglione and Rose Hoban The North Carolina Senate’s proposed budget for the next two fiscal years is packed with policy around new health care initiatives, including repealing North Carolin...

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Bill to reduce young drivers’ practice time stalls in NC House committee

Bill to reduce young drivers’ practice time stalls in NC House committee

By Jennifer Fernandez A bill that would further shorten the practice period for young drivers stalled Wednesday in the Transportation Committee of the N.C. House. Sponsors of House Bill 584 asked to r...

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Disrupted systems: How EPA cuts are shaking up community health and climate research

Disrupted systems: How EPA cuts are shaking up community health and climate research

By Will Atwater On Dec. 2, 1970, with the stroke of a pen, President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency. By the end of that month — on Dec. 31 — he signed the landmark Clean Air...

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NC House bill would further shorten practice period for teen drivers

NC House bill would further shorten practice period for teen drivers

By Jennifer Fernandez When North Carolina implemented a year of practice as part of a new graduated driver’s licensing for 16- and 17-year-olds in the 1990s, the state saw an almost immediate plunge i...

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Older and disabled Medicaid recipients, advocates ‘extraordinarily worried’ about potential Medicaid cuts 

Older and disabled Medicaid recipients, advocates ‘extraordinarily worried’ about potential Medicaid cuts 

By Grace Vitaglione Julie Crockett’s 8-year-old granddaughter, Sophia McConkey, relies on Medicaid every day. She has a rare genetic disorder called TBCK syndrome that causes low muscle tone, seizures...