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On April 30, 2020, FEMA announced North Carolina’s eligibility to apply for Crisis Counseling Program (CCP) disaster funds and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) acted quickly to submit an application that same day.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 10:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health continues to increase access to essential care and services, supported by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Sec. Mandy Cohen’s announcement on Friday, May 1.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 11:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is inappropriate for a man to compliment a woman at work on her appearance.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 @ 9:35 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Some people are arrested for violating other's rights and other people are instead allowed to go to the White House and insult the President of these United States.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2020 @ 1:34 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The Hope4Healers Helpline (919-226-2002) is being expanded to support the staff who work in North Carolina’s child care programs.
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 @ 11:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announces today the Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative, a new partnership with Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) and the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 12:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On April 25, Vidant Health sent an electronic update to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) which contained inaccurate COVID-19 test results.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As the weather starts warming up, the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services is partnering with the NC Area Agencies on Aging and local service providers to distribute fans to eligible recipients through Operation Fan Heat Relief May 1–Oct. 31.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 6:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The COVID-19 test results provided electronically on April 25 to the NC Department of Health and Human Services by Vidant Health incorrectly reported test results as all being positive.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2020 @ 8:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Marijuana is being promoted as good for you. People who want to believe it "believe" it. People who have a financial interest in marijuana "believe" it. Doctors don't believe it.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2020 @ 3:23 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Vidant Health has been at the forefront of conversations about the challenges facing health systems in rural America and especially here at home in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 @ 11:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support the state’s behavioral health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 1:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After witnessing outbreaks at food processing plants in other states and receiving reports of cases among workers in our state, North Carolina public and private leaders have come together to take swift action to protect workers here from COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 8:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to temporarily waive certain Medicaid policies as part of North Carolina’s response to the COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 4:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The White House Coronavirus Press Briefings Are Interesting to A Lot Of People. Too Bad It's Not Interesting To The White House Press Corps.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2020 @ 12:05 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) shares recommended strategies to support local solutions to maintain and sustain services for individuals with behavioral health needs and intellectual and developmental disabilities
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has convened a Testing Surge Workgroup to develop a plan to increase testing, expand testing sites and options, and address testing supply challenges, including the availability of personal protective equipment.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 2:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Division of Health Benefits (NC Medicaid) is providing additional funding to support nursing homes and adult care homes for older adult Medicaid beneficiaries diagnosed with or at high risk of contracting COVID-19.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2020 @ 1:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has two new mental health resources to support North Carolinians throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 @ 2:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please! Can I see some news other than Coronavirus News?...Please! Can I see some news other than Coronavirus News?...Please! Can I see some news other than Coronavirus News?
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 @ 10:47 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Italy stands out of this Coronavirus Pandemic as the Worst Case Example. Their problems started long before 2020.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 @ 9:46 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The dawn on Sunday, proclaimed the new day in a whisper.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 @ 10:02 am
By: Michele Rhem
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is providing financial assistance to help essential workers afford child care and bonuses to child care teachers and staff who provide care during the COVID-19 crisis.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following information is as of 2pm
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2020 @ 3:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This updated is intended to provide the latest information to all North Carolina clinicians and laboratory staff regarding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most of my regular readers know that I almost sold the rabbitpatch, not once, but twice in the last two years.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 @ 6:37 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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In my cozy mystery series, the main character owns a Great Pyrenees named Dickens, but not just any Pyr.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The very next day, after Miss J, accepted my offer - her real estate agent called me.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 11:06 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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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 March 2020 and April 2020 to current Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) recipients in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 1:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Automotive Commercials Used To Be Hard To Create But Not Anymore.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 9:25 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Back at the rabbitpatch, all was well. The boxer did his "homecoming dance" and Christopher Robin "sang for his supper" as he always does, the minute I arrive.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Division of Health Benefits (NC Medicaid) will temporarily increase payments rates to long-term care providers and facilities to support them in caring for Medicaid beneficiaries who are at high risk of serious illness from COVID-19
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 8:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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At this chaotic and fearful time, when things seem "up in the air" . . . spring came early, like an old friend showing up in the "nick of time."
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 12:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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For people who think they might have COVID-19 and have mild symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends they stay home and call their doctor for medical advice.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 @ 10:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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