By Taylor Knopf For families of people with severe mental health needs, a frustrating pattern emerges. Mobile crisis teams come to the home repeatedly. Trips to the emergency room add up. Involuntary ...
By Rachel Crumpler As last year’s state budget stalemate stretched into January of this year, N.C. Department of Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes laid out the crises facing her depart...
Key takeaways: Toward Zero Waste’s SHARE program teaches students to reduce food waste and help feed hungry classmates. The program has grown from eight pilot schools in spring 2025 to 37 schools, and...
NC Health News won 10 awards — including three first-place awards — in the annual North Carolina Press Association contest for 2026. Staff also won two second-place and five third-place awards. The p...
By Rose Hoban Key Takeaways: North Carolina has reported at least 307 Cyclospora cases as of the most recent update, the CDC listing 5,100 suspected cases nationwide as of July 20. Officials belie...
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary Today the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published a study about older adults’ views on receiving their primary care through tel...
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society recently published a study about healthy aging for older adults with type 2 diabetes. The res...
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary A new study revealed that a talk therapy practice conducted by telephone could help older adults who have arthritis-related insomnia sleep b...
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary An international team of experts compared practices that research has shown to help older adults prevent falls. Their new study, published i...
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests that survival rates after heart transplant surgery are simi...