Archive for category: Covid 19

By Michelle Andrews KFF Health News This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy ...

By Will Atwater At the Nov. 3 Northampton County Board of Commissioners meeting, Sylvia Vincent stood at the podium during the public comment period and voiced frustration over a newly approved commun...

By Anne Blythe Though Louise Mae Beale Vincent was a woman small in stature, she left a monumental legacy in her 49 years. The Greensboro native became an unlikely international force, a giant in the ...

By Jaymie Baxley When the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina began renovating its Sandhills branch in 2023, the nonprofit did not expect the project’s completion to coincide with the thre...

By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Atrium Health’s new surgical training center in Charlotte is off to a fast start. In just six weeks, IRCAD North America has brought in 932 he...

By Rachel Crumpler and Rose Hoban Jessica Bollinger, a single mother of two from McDowell County, spent Saturday poring over her family budget and trying to make the numbers work. On the third of each...

By Sarah Melotte and Tim Marema The Daily Yonder The pause in food stamp benefits that will hit Saturday, November 1 will disproportionately hurt rural families.  Other groups that will be more affect...

By Caroline Parker EdNC The North Carolina Community Schools Coalition (the Coalition) gathered representatives from four northeastern NC districts on Oct. 15 to kick off a new telehealth service for ...

By Taylor Knopf At a time when the nation’s drug supply has become increasingly unpredictable, Nabarun Dasgupta uses what he calls “science in service” to bring some clarity to the chaos.  Dasgupta ha...

By Jennifer Fernandez On Friday, North Carolina will be the only state in the country to no longer have a statewide collaborative focused on improving perinatal care. The Perinatal Quality Collaborati...