The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received funding for the 2026 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) from federal partners.
( Published Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 @ 3:17 pm )]]> "In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people..."
( Published Saturday, November 15th, 2025 @ 11:00 am )]]> Republican leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly have rejected Gov. Josh Stein's call for an extra legislative session dealing with Medicaid next week, calling the move unconstitutional and unnecessary.
( Published Saturday, November 15th, 2025 @ 10:59 am )]]> State health officials are investigating a suspected case of infant botulism in North Carolina linked to a baby formula, which has now been recalled nationwide.
( Published Thursday, November 13th, 2025 @ 8:34 pm )]]> The NC General Assembly has wrapped the scheduled October session, but tensions are still running high between the chambers over a Medicaid rebase stalemate and its increasing sticker shock.
( Published Sunday, October 26th, 2025 @ 5:56 pm )]]> The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Social Work Coalition on Workforce Development are partnering to create a Public Service Leadership Program (PSLP) that will strengthen the state's social work workforce.
( Published Monday, October 13th, 2025 @ 3:48 pm )]]> We can't afford the scourge of drug abuse and dependence.
( Published Friday, October 3rd, 2025 @ 8:39 am )]]> Recognition highlights ECU Health's commitment to rural health care
( Published Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 @ 8:21 pm )]]> New state-of-the-art facility features 144 beds and a healing environment for behavioral health patients
( Published Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 @ 7:53 pm )]]> The panel referred to pregnant women as "pregnant persons."
( Published Sunday, August 10th, 2025 @ 6:51 pm )]]> Award highlights ECU Health's telehealth approach in addressing rural disparities
( Published Saturday, July 12th, 2025 @ 7:25 pm )]]> The assessment comes after CIA Director John Ratcliffe was confirmed this week.
( Published Monday, February 3rd, 2025 @ 3:12 pm )]]> The AAMC removed and restricted info on its website after a Do No Harm report exposed its commitment to DEI
( Published Friday, December 27th, 2024 @ 1:37 pm )]]> North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
( Published Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 @ 12:02 pm )]]> Two applicants have filed certificate of need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop a fixed MRI scanner in response to a need determination in the 2024 State Medical Facilities Plan.
( Published Wednesday, August 14th, 2024 @ 11:09 am )]]> NCDHHS Urges Families to Keep Information Up to Date
( Published Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 @ 8:12 am )]]> As part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' ongoing effort to respond to the rise in syphilis and congenital syphilis cases and increase access to treatment, NC Medicaid will now cover an additional treatment for syphilis and congenital syphilis, Extencilline.
( Published Tuesday, August 6th, 2024 @ 11:22 pm )]]> The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live Spanish-language Cafecito and tele-town hall on Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss who is newly eligible for Medicaid under expansion
( Published Monday, August 5th, 2024 @ 9:14 am )]]> The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a virtual meeting on Friday, March 1, 2024, for the Standardized Foster Care Trauma-Informed Assessment Workgroup.
( Published Friday, July 19th, 2024 @ 2:15 pm )]]> RALEIGH -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a multi-year Direct Support Professional Workforce Plan.
( Published Thursday, June 27th, 2024 @ 12:26 pm )]]> Approximately 6,800 people in North Carolina have sickle cell disease, of which approximately 95% are Black or African American.
( Published Monday, June 17th, 2024 @ 4:50 pm )]]> North Carolina has been declared free of "bird flu" by the World Organization for Animal Health after a dairy herd in North Carolina tested positive for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or "H5N1" as it is better known, earlier this year.
( Published Saturday, May 4th, 2024 @ 9:51 pm )]]> The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching a Community Partner Engagement Plan to ensure the voices of North Carolina communities and families continue to be at the center of the department's work.
( Published Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 2:43 pm )]]> The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live Spanish-language Cafecito and tele-town hall on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss how to support and improve heart health as well as prevent and manage heart disease.
( Published Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 8:56 pm )]]> Part of ongoing effort to raise awareness and combat rising congenital syphilis cases
( Published Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 6:18 pm )]]>