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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is investigating a possible case of infection with the newly discovered 2019 coronavirus.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2020 @ 8:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Surgeons and care providers at Vidant Cancer Care and the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University successfully performed GammaTile™ Therapy, the first procedure of its kind in the state of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2020 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Seriously? Yes, seriously. Imagine my surprise when I read that the hand gesture for okay is NOT okay.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 4:40 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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It is January, but the windows are up at the rabbitpatch.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 11:10 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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The North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative (NCOHC) announced today that the North Carolina Rules Review Commission has given its final approval of an important rule change that will open doors for access to quality, preventive oral health care for the state’s most underserved.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Proving the obvious is a waste of time but it is still required in our court rooms every day.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 3:42 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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It does not take that long to do what they have to do. They must be doing something else.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2020 @ 7:30 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Vidant Health hosted a roundtable discussion on the challenges of rural health care and the need for Medicaid expansion with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mandy K. Cohen
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2020 @ 3:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Twenty-three local health departments in North Carolina will receive a share of a $2.1 million award annually for up to three years to implement high-impact, community-level strategies to address the opioid crisis.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 4:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In conjunction with National Radon Action Month, the North Carolina Radon Program is distributing 3,000 radon test kits at no charge this month.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 9:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2019–2020 flu season.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 8:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The rule change will allow dental hygienists to further practice to the full extent of their licensure by providing preventive services such as sealants and fluoride treatments in high-need settings without a dentist’s prior exam.
Published: Friday, January 10th, 2020 @ 9:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The new year is almost "old news" now. Parties have ceased and supper has resumed in routine to ordinary food in ordinary dishes.
Published: Friday, January 10th, 2020 @ 9:10 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Landing on the moon was complicated and extremely dangerous and the complicated and extremely dangerous mission was performed by very brave men using woefully weak computers when compared to today's computers.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2020 @ 1:56 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation today announced the launch of its new brand that unifies all of its programs with one visual identity.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2020 @ 9:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Due to the high number of people with the flu in our community, we are temporarily changing our family presence and visitation practices for patient safety as well as the safety of visitors.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 @ 8:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nell is about to die but at the last minute she is rescued...Or is she?
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2020 @ 9:10 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The days after the gathering on Monday, have been very quiet. I woke early on Christmas morning and sat while light came to the rabbitpatch.
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2020 @ 5:46 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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I'm not one for making New Year's resolutions. Sure, there were all those years when I resolved not to gain the usual five pounds I put on every winter.
Published: Friday, January 3rd, 2020 @ 1:44 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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School is officially out . . . not just for me-but for everyone now.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 @ 12:18 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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The Christmas gathering that happened yesterday is over now-and another happy memory.
Published: Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 @ 12:23 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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Do people still read books? It depends on whom you ask. A Wall Street Journal Article posed the question differently: "Does the Book Have a Future?"
Published: Saturday, December 21st, 2019 @ 1:56 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I did as I said I would . . . and went to bed earlier than usual on Sunday.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2019 @ 3:52 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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Jessica L. Triche, MD, a family physician from Bath, N.C., was installed as President-Elect of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, Inc. (NCAFP) on Friday, December 6, in Asheville.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 7:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Now, it is winter. It matters little to me what the calendar declares, for I know winter when I see it.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2019 @ 9:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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California is still out of control.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2019 @ 10:18 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is expanding services at the Walter B. Jones Center to include outpatient opioid treatment for residents of eastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 3:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Let me declare, right now, that this may be one of the loveliest autumns, the south has ever seen.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 @ 2:17 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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Vidant Health values family presence when loved ones are in the hospital.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 @ 1:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you have forgotten who Horace Greeley was, don't feel badly. He probably does not know who you are either.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2019 @ 3:23 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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It does not matter how much good you do. What matters is how you talk to people while you are doing that good to them.
Published: Sunday, December 1st, 2019 @ 8:26 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Not a chance. Instead we turned Black Friday into Beautiful Biking Friday. With no crowds at the Greenway, temps in the 60's and sunny skies, it was a perfect day.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 9:49 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Here's how it started. First, I smiled when a friend emailed just past Halloween that she'd like to have a few girls over for cocktails but needed to apologize and warn us that her Christmas decorations were already up.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 9:50 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Here it is, just days before one of my favorite holidays . . .Thanksgiving. I love the prelude to holidays.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 8:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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