Archive for category: Covid 19

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...

By Jaymie Baxley  State health officials fielded questions and criticism from lawmakers on Tuesday about recently implemented cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates for health care providers.  The cuts,...

By Anne Blythe People in North Carolina trying to get a COVID-19 vaccine at a local pharmacy might be a bit confused these days over whether they need a prescription. On Monday, state health director ...

The Lucy Daniels Center, which has provided mental health services for young children in the Triangle for 35 years, is breaking ground Friday on an expansion that will nearly triple the number of chil...

By Mackenzie Thomas UNC Media Hub For Mel, a North Carolina nurse, getting ready for work was like getting ready for war.  That’s what she told co-workers when she worked in the emergency room. Headed...

By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Jacqueline Stowe has seen big promises come and go. The 76-year-old grew up in Brooklyn, a thriving Black community just outside uptown Charlo...

By Sarah Jane Tribble KFF Health News Megan Waiters can recite the stories of dozens of people she has helped connect to the internet in western Alabama. A 7-year-old who couldn’t do classwork online ...

By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder A new program touted to give $50 billion in federal funding to rural hospitals won’t necessarily keep rural hospitals from closing, according to several experts in rural ...

By Ashley Fredde For some North Carolinians, the road to retirement is anything but even.  While some workers can count on employer-backed savings plans, nearly half of North Carolinians will be left ...