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With COVID-19 hospitalizations on the rise, experts …

WEBWeekly statewide data are reported by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. In January 2022, there were days when more than 5,200 people were …

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State employees in North Carolina could lose coverage of …

WEBThe list prices per prescription refill for Wegovy and Saxenda, which come in four pre-filled pens that patients use to inject themselves, are $1,349 a month, according …

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Thousands of state employees will lose coverage of …

WEBThe State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted yesterday to remove coverage of expensive weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Saxenda. Beginning April 1, …

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Not a booster: New vaccine rollout will differ from earlier …

WEBThe newest COVID-19 vaccine was approved this week. State Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Tilson wants North Carolinians to know, first and foremost, that …

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First over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S.

WEBby Rachel Crumpler, North Carolina Health News. March 14, 2024. The first over-the-counter birth control pill available in the U.S. — Opill — will soon be online and …

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Providers key in NC’s push to launch delayed Medicaid …

WEBAfter multiple delays, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says it’s “on track” to implement specialized Medicaid plans this summer that …

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Rural providers especially excited about NC Medicaid …

WEBNorth Carolina legislators passed — and Gov. Roy Cooper signed — a Medicaid expansion law earlier this year. The move will bring health insurance to some …

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Medicaid expansion is off to a strong start in NC WUNC

WEBIn a recent interview with NC Health News, DHHS Sec. Kody Kinsley said 280,000 people have received coverage through expansion as of Dec. 12. Data for …

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Cursed at. Shoved. Punched. Bitten. Violence against …

WEBBy Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger/ NC Health News. Emergency physician Jennifer Casaletto has been cursed at, shoved, punched, spat on and bitten …

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WakeMed will take on hospital-level mental care at Wakebrook

WEBA photo of UNC WakeBrook from 2013 UNC Health annual report. WakeMed Health and Hospitals will provide hospital-level mental health and substance …

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Charlotte hospitals say ‘no thanks’ to charity’s efforts to …

WEBThe nonprofit abolishes debt for individuals who earn less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level — about $120,000 for a family of four — or whose debts …

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Transgender youth in North Carolina dealing with medical …

WEBAdvocates say House Bill 808 is forcing delays in needed and desired health care and imposing burdens on those seeking care out of state. Family, doctor and …

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Camp Lejeune water contamination tied to a range of cancers, …

WEBMilitary personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal …

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Fact-check: South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace's statements on the …

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Access to abortion fraught with more logistical challenges as …

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Hospitals sued thousands of patients in North Carolina for unpaid …

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Expanded prison medical release eligibility provides opportunity …

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Mission Hospital receives official notice of ‘immediate jeopardy

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Nearly 300 people arrested at campus protests against the war in …

WEBPolice took more than 250 protesters into custody in Arizona, Indiana, Massachusetts and Missouri this weekend, as the war in Gaza continues to embroil …

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Fresh Air Weekend: St. Vincent; Kids and mental health WUNC

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Elected officials call on HCA to sell Mission Health System in wake …

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As Hmong immigrants in NC get older, their adult children …

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Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant …

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