Archive for author: righttime_admin

By Stephanie Armour KFF Health News Dining under palm trees on a patio at Mar-a-Lago in December, President-elect Donald Trump reassured chief executives at pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Pfizer ...

By Rachel Crumpler Since 2020, Josh Dumas’ 14-year-old transgender son has received gender-affirming care — including puberty blockers and testosterone — from an Atrium Health doctor in Charlotte.  Du...

By Taylor Knopf A for-profit psychiatric hospital in Raleigh — regularly sanctioned by regulators and visited by police due to fights, patient escapes and reports of alleged sexual assault — is expand...

By Grace Vitaglione Some employers and health systems in North Carolina are looking to change how they manage prescription drug benefits for their employees.  More employers are considering alternativ...

By Will Atwater Since the start of the Trump administration, federal officials have been rolling back funding to federal environmental programs and scientific research — moves that threaten to leave v...

By Taylor Knopf Just days before Christmas 2024, a group of female teen patients broke into the nurse’s station and medication room at a psychiatric hospital in Raleigh, where they tore down parts of ...

A patient who died in February after calling for help in a Mission Hospital emergency department bathroom went 29 minutes with no response as multiple staff members passed by the door with a call ligh...

By Jane Winik Sartwell  Carolina Public Press This week, HCA Healthcare settled an antitrust lawsuit that has plagued the Asheville-based Mission Health system for three years.  In 2022, four Western ...