Archive for author: righttime_admin

By Bryce Covert The 74 Million April Perez was 22 years old when she had her first daughter. Enrolling in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, commonly known as...

By Jennifer Fernandez At first, meditation and deep breathing were things Diya Patel used to help herself when she felt anxious or stressed. Then she saw a close friend struggle with a mental health c...

By Rachel Crumpler When an overdose is reported in coastal Carteret County, 911 dispatchers send emergency responders racing to the scene carrying naloxone — the opioid reversal medication that can br...

By Jaymie Baxley, Ashley Fredde and Rose Hoban Jon D’Angelo, chair of the North Carolina Council on Disabilities, knows the consequences of cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates. He lives with spinal m...

By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger City and county leaders in Charlotte said they are pressing for answers after a Charlotte Ledger/NC Health News article last week highlighted ...

By Will Atwater Endometriosis affects one in 10 girls/teens and women of childbearing age, according to the World Health Organization.  Endometriosis is a painful condition where tissue similar to the...

By Jack Evans & Jeremy B. Jones The Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital should again be put in immediate jeopardy, the worst sanction a hospital can face, the North Carolina Department of Health a...

By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder A new report found that mobile health clinics can provide rural communities with access to healthcare in areas where healthcare facilities and healthcare workers may be s...