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Today, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced that child protective services and adult protective services workers are designated as first responders.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 5:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first COVID-19-associated pediatric death in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2020 @ 6:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) launches new initiatives to expand COVID-19 testing and contact tracing across the state and help North Carolinians protect their families and neighbors.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 3:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Nurse Residency Program at Vidant Medical Center (VMC) achieved accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation Practice Transition Programs through July 2024.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolinians prepare for hurricane season, officials with the North Carolina Division of Public Health caution you not to use gasoline-powered generators or tools, outdoor grills, and camp stoves in enclosed spaces.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 @ 7:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The free lunch is here but it will cost us a lot.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 11:15 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is extending the deadline for questions for its Request for Qualifications (RFQ) that seeks to create a pool of qualified vendors to support the response to COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 3:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation today announced that Ray Riordan has joined its team as program director for the NC Rural Health Leadership Alliance (NCRHLA).
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 11:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to create a pool of qualified vendors to support the response to COVID-19.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 9:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is requesting Congressional support to extend the Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program to provide food for children beyond the traditional school calendar year.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 12:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is using radio and video messages to reach historically marginalized populations to share important messages about reducing risks for COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 11:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dogs can get a haircut but people can't get a haircut.
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 @ 1:06 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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As a high school and college student during most of the Vietnam War, I was consumed by the drill team, dating, and studying-not the nightly news.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is reporting the state’s highest one-day number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1,107 cases reported.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2020 @ 12:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Just two bad days in a long year
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 @ 9:00 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Long goodbyes have a finality that I have avoided most of my life.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 @ 1:36 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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You are receiving the attached message and email below from Beaufort County's EOC as a method of keeping you informed about our county's response to COVID-19.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting its first case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 @ 10:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) began distributing a one-time supplemental payment to families enrolled in the Work First Cash Assistance program with one or more children.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 4:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services unveiled an updated COVID-19 Dashboard.
Published: Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 @ 3:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It started with a column for a local paper. That's when I discovered how much I enjoyed writing. That's when I discovered my passion. Then came a book co-written with my dog. (What, doesn't everyone do that?)
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 11:31 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is taking further action to prevent and respond to COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2020 @ 3:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued updated guidance today on who should be tested for COVID-19.
Published: Saturday, May 16th, 2020 @ 6:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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That's a lyric by Ian Tyson, a singer/songwriter whose music my husband enjoys.
Published: Saturday, May 16th, 2020 @ 8:06 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) estimates that as of Monday, 9,115 North Carolinians with COVID-19 are likely to have recovered from their symptoms.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2020 @ 8:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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To help families access food during the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is temporarily increasing benefits for May 2020 to current Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) recipients in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 2:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolina moves to ease some COVID-19 restrictions at the end of this week, the NC Department of Health and Human Services is asking people to remember these three things to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19 and flatten the curve.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2020 @ 10:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Health care providers and hospitals can use a new portal to request reimbursement for claims associated with COVID-19 testing and treatment of uninsured patients retroactive to Feb. 4, 2020.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 5:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Effective today, May 8, Vidant is welcoming one healthy visitor – who has been screened and wearing a mask – with patients having outpatient services that require sedation and/or anesthesia at Vidant Health facilities.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 9:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Starting today, North Carolina Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) participants will be able to purchase groceries online using their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards at authorized online EBT retailers.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 11:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The News Media is allowed to change words.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2020 @ 10:32 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Due to COVID-19, many health care facilities in North Carolina, particularly long-term care facilities, are seeking to urgently hire staff for temporary, part-time or full-time roles.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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More than half (51.1%) of North Carolina adults are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 because they are 65 or older, have at least one underlying health condition or both, according to data analyzed by the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 1:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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