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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has expanded the regions awarded to Carolina Complete Health Inc. to serve as a prepaid health plan under the state’s transition to Medicaid managed care.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 12:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A team from Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency took top honors in the 29th Annual Paramedic Competition, held Sunday in Greensboro during the North Carolina EMS Expo
Published: Saturday, October 5th, 2019 @ 4:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is sharing early findings from an ongoing investigation to determine how people were exposed to Legionella bacteria
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 2:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After the glory of last weekend, this week passed like a slow moving train, carrying me further and further away from one of the happiest times of my life.
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 12:19 am
By: Michele Rhem
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This was no ordinary weekend.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 2:43 am
By: Michele Rhem
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State and local health officials are continuing an intensive investigation into an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in people who attended the NC Mountain State Fair held Sept. 6–15 at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher, NC.
Published: Monday, September 30th, 2019 @ 1:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Things have not settled down at the rabbitpatch, since Sunday.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 7:46 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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I pondered that question when I read a Wall Street Journal article about a couple who did just that.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 3:56 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging all North Carolinians to make sure they are up to date on their vaccines in light of recent mumps cases at two Triad area universities.
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2019 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Writing this column reminded me of all those back to school papers I produced on how I spent my summer
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2019 @ 3:01 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced that over 200,000 people impacted by Hurricane Florence have been served through the Hope 4 NC behavioral health crisis counseling program since September 2018.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 7:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Buncombe and Henderson County Health Departments, in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, are investigating multiple cases of Legionnaires’ disease reported in individuals who attended the NC Mountain State Fair in Fletcher, NC, Sept. 6–15, 2019.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 3:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Julian F. Keith Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center celebrated 50 years of recovery services for residents of western North Carolina with a community event held Sept. 21.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 @ 1:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received federal funding that will support a key goal of the state’s Early Childhood Action Plan and the Perinatal Health Strategic Plan, reducing maternal mortality.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We all got the phone call, we have been waiting for, on Sunday morning.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 9:14 am
By: Michele Rhem
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The NC Office of Rural Health (ORH) has received a one-time $1 million grant from Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to support health care providers in 34 FEMA-identified counties affected by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 9:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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School started back today for us. The hurricane may have littered our yards and sadly taken a few trees, but we fared good, compared to our neighbors, on the coast.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 12:11 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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State health officials are encouraging residents and visitors to take precautions to prevent mosquito-borne illnesses this fall.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 12:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last year the NC Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) helped more than 5,000 individuals with disabilities find competitive, integrated employment.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 6:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Did you ride a bike as a child? Have you ridden as an adult? I've done both and was dismayed to see an article about fewer children riding bicycles.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 @ 11:41 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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A lot can happen in a short time. The last few days bears witness to that. Since, I rarely watch the news, the fact that a hurricane was coming came as quite a shock to me.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 @ 1:53 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Celebrities can do things we can't.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 4:17 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The budget and the House vote process are profoundly disappointing.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 3:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In response to Hurricane Dorian, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has taken steps to ensure customers’ access to their prescription drug needs are uninterrupted due to the aftermath of the storm.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 1:35 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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North Carolina households who currently receive Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) will receive September 2019 benefits early so that they can purchase necessary food immediately following Hurricane Dorian’s landfall.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 @ 1:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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My only plans were to get the house in perfect order.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 2:18 am
By: Michele Rhem
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North Carolinians can take action to better prepare private wells for a flood ahead of Hurricane Dorian, even if you are making plans to evacuate.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolinians prepare for Hurricane Dorian, officials with the North Carolina Division of Public Health caution you not to use gasoline-powered generators, outdoor grills and camp stoves in enclosed spaces.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 7:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on behalf of four non-profit medical organizations that support North Carolina’s law limiting abortion after 20 weeks.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 5:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today that it will extend open enrollment for Medicaid beneficiaries and move to a statewide transition to managed care on February 1, 2020.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One Eyewitness Means Quick and Accurate Justice
Published: Monday, September 2nd, 2019 @ 9:26 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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NCCARE360, the statewide coordinated care network connecting individuals to local services and resources, is now serving Pitt, Edgecombe, Martin, Bertie, Chowan, Hertford, and Beaufort counties.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 2:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Until I got married twenty years ago, I didn't watch much TV.
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2019 @ 11:52 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I have been in an official routine since Monday . . . and I have lived to tell about it! I could not even sleep on Sunday night, for I was convinced I would never make it to work on time and doubted I would survive a four hour meeting, right off the bat.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 4:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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