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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live Spanish-language Cafecito and tele-town hall on Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss common health needs and how to find support.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 12:22 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are advising North Carolinians take precautions to protect themselves, their children and their pets from heat-related illness as temperatures across the state rise and remain high throughout the summer
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 11:42 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Robbert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy, on Wednesday formally launched his 2024 Democratic presidential campaign, vowing to end the merger of state and corporate power.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 1:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy, filed to run for the presidency in 2024 on Wednesday.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 3:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Grant for ECU-FSU partnership to support minority public health graduate students
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 12:33 pm
By: ECU News Services
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California Governor Gavin Newsom, who once deemed himself the “homeless czar,” saw for the first time in the state’s history that the homeless population in Sacramento rose by 67% in three years — surpassing San Francisco’s count, which dropped by 15%.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 2:16 am
By: Daily Wire
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Temperatures are climbing this week as summer arrives, and the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for most of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 10:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Prolonged exposure to heat can lead to dehydration, overheating, heat illness or even death.
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 4:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump granted pardons to 73 individuals and commuted the sentences of an additional 70 individuals
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2021 @ 10:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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ECU offers safe, convenient vaccine clinic for flu prevention
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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According to the North Carolina Division of Public Health (DPH), there have been 1,205 heat-related hospital emergency department visits reported since May 1, 2020.
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 @ 5:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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At various times in our state’s history we’ve been compared to Rip Van Winkle, the lethargic sleepy-head, or the Dixie Dynamo,” a fast-moving, progressive economic engine.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 3:20 am
By: Tom Campbell
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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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This memo updates previous guidance shared on March 16th, 2020.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 @ 2:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to the Division of Public Health, there were 3,150 heat-related hospital emergency department visits reported from May 1 to Aug. 10, due to the combination of heat and humidity — particularly during periods of extreme heat.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 4:42 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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With sweltering temperatures forecast over much of North Carolina for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are urging people to take steps to protect themselves from heat-related illnesses.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 @ 2:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This year’s is theme “Active & Healthy,” and health advocates will be promoting the benefits of incorporating even small amounts of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity into daily routines.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 12:31 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are urging people to take steps to protect themselves from heat-related illnesses with sweltering heat expected to impact parts of North Carolina this week
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With flu activity in North Carolina remaining widespread, state health officials are continuing to encourage North Carolinians to get vaccinated
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2018 @ 10:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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From her 30-year career as a school nurse and nurse administrator, Terri Joyner knows that healthy children learn better- and that school nurses are key to making that happen
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2018 @ 9:54 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Flu shots are available at hospitals, pharmacies, private medical offices, some federally qualified health care centers and local health departments
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 3:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D., got her flu shot Thursday and encouraged others to get vaccinated, too, with the flu season underway
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 1:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina First Lady Kristin Cooper joined State Health Director Betsey Tilson, M.D., on Tuesday at Wake County Human Services to encourage North Carolinians to get vaccinated against the flu
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 3:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The hottest temperatures of the summer are forecast to hit parts of North Carolina over the next three days, pushing thermometers to the vicinity of triple digits and stressing people and pets
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ 6:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public health officials at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are urging citizens to take extra precautions against heat-related illnesses as daytime temperatures are heading into the mid- to upper-90s as parts of the state face the warmest temperatures of the year
Published: Thursday, July 13th, 2017 @ 12:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Health Access in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, working with the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation, has secured a grant that should go a long way towards improving population health in the East
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 10:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state's first death from flu for the 2016-2017 flu season
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 3:51 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory urges all North Carolinians to protect themselves from the flu by receiving a vaccine and taking other precautions to protect against the spread of the virus.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 1:43 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state's first death from flu for the 2015-2016 influenza season. An adult in the western region of the state died last week of complications from an influenza infection. (To protect the family's privacy, the person's...
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 9:26 am
By: Chris Downey
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Flaws built into the Affordable Care Act are leading to an older, sicker mix of insurance policyholders in North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 2:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's going to take a while longer for the North Carolina Legislature to pass its two-year budget. Part of the hold up will be finalizing an agreement on reforming the state's certificate of need (CON) law, which requires health systems and medical providers to first obtain a hall pass from the...
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 9:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's rate-filing season for health insurance companies, and this week marked the deadline for carriers to disclose and explain any proposed rate increases of ten percent or more for 2016 Obamacare plans sold on the individual market. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina made the cut.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare's original second enrollment period to #GetCovered has just about come to a close. (It was supposed to end on Sunday, but the administration announced this week that they will be opening a new special enrollment period during tax season.) The Obama Administration has been chirping...
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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