Alliance Defending Freedom filed suit Tuesday against the city of Greensboro and Guilford County on behalf of pro-life North Carolina citizens whom police arrested for engaging in peaceful prayer outside an abortion facility.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 9:28 am
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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When Hurricane Florence battered North Carolina, vaccines spoiled in Lee Ann Amann’s clinic and across the coastline. Without a reliable generator, her clinic shut down and lost tens of thousands of dollars.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Q2 Solutions, a leading clinical trial laboratory services organization, will establish a new facility in Durham to help develop the next generation of precision medicines, creating 749 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 7:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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A free foot clinic organized and staffed by ECU’s Brody School of Medicine students for Greenville’s homeless population has grown to provide additional services and better access to care for participants and more experience for students.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 4:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Joan D. Wynn, PhD, RN, chief quality and patient safety officer for Vidant Health, has been awarded the North Carolina Healthcare Association’s (NCHA) 2019 Clinical Leadership Award.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 1:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With a deadline just 13 days away, Community Care Physician Network, North Carolina’s largest network of independent physician clinics, announced Monday, June 17, it signed on to the State Health Plan’s cost-cutting Clear Pricing Project.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2019 @ 9:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood's president, Leana Wen, issued a panicked tweet because if the state of Missouri doesn't renew by Friday Planned Parenthood's license for its clinic in St. Louis, Missouri will be the first state that doesn't have a single abortion clinic.
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 @ 9:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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When addicts show up at emergency rooms, there's a good chance they won't find help
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2018 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) recently announced Vidant Health as the first-ever recipient of the ACRP Innovation in Workforce Development Award
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2018 @ 9:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Scientists at the the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute have successfully reversed Alzheimer's disease in mice, a major breakthrough researchers are hopeful will translate into treatment for humans in the near future
Published: Thursday, March 1st, 2018 @ 1:16 am
By: Daily Wire
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November is National Home Care and Hospice Care Month, a time set aside to honor those who attend to the in-home health, hospice and community-based care needs of the state's citizens in the comfort and privacy of their homes
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 5:57 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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East Carolina University physical therapy students are gaining valuable career experience and improving access to care for patients in the East through a new, student-run clinic
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 8:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina announced today that Almac Group Inc. will expand its operations in the City of Durham, creating 79 new jobs over the next three years.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 3:47 am
By: McCrory Communications
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East Carolina University's College of Education hosted the spring 2016 Margaret Blount Harvey Literacy Institute on Jan. 30 for students and educators in the Latham Clinical Schools Network, a privately funded partnership that supports the enhancement of 39 school systems in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2016 @ 5:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded a grant to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to plan the establishment of a network of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Walk into the Pitt County Care Clinic on any given Sunday afternoon and you will see a group of enthusiastic yet nervous medical students huddled together, chatting to ease their nerves. Each of them is ready to experience their first dose of patient interaction.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:28 am
By: ECU News Services
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They say that some of the best exercise you can get is riding a bicycle. It helps to burn calories as well as provide cardio vascular conditioning
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 10:40 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It was early on a Friday morning, but East Carolina University nutrition student Kara Massotti was wide awake and focused on her patient at ECU's Family Medicine Center. George Broussard needed to keep better track of his calories, and the recommended tool was a smart phone application.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 4:10 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University has played a leading role in a clinical trial that may change the way health care providers treat high blood pressure.
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2015 @ 3:43 am
By: ECU News Services
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The flu vaccine is the most effective method to prevent the spread of influenza. Vidant Health is committed to protecting its employees, patients and the community by offering flu shot clinics through November. Community members, ages 9 and up, may receive the flu shot for a $30 fee. The flu mist...
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 11:16 am
By: Chris Downey
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An East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine clinic is now treating local patients experiencing oral emergencies.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The clinical practice of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has been recognized for significantly improving patient care through the use of their electronic medical record system.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 11:58 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Earlier this year, all Vidant Medical Group physician practices and clinics received Stage 6 designation of the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model. This designation honors the organization's accomplishments to implement technology solutions that have the ability to improve pati
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 @ 7:13 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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One week before they found out where they were headed to complete residency as doctors-in-training, the Brody School of Medicine's Class of 2015 had only others' futures on their minds.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 2:42 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University generates $2.8 billion for North Carolina's economy - dollars that make a mark on the state, eastern North Carolina, and our local area.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 6:07 pm
By: ECU News Services
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During a recent 24-hour period, the state of North Carolina, invoking the infinite wisdom of politicians and bureaucrats, announced plans to subsidize investments of several favored biotech and pharmaceutical firms while at the same time denying the right of a Wilmington clinic to....
Published: Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 @ 8:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than 750 people took a shot to the arm Oct. 8 during the first of four flu vaccination clinics scheduled at East Carolina University this fall.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 3:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Al Schreier rocked back in his recliner, surveying the three future Pirate nurses who filled his small apartment. They were there, they explained kindly, to follow up on an injury to Schreier’s leg. He needed his bandage changed, and a general condition assessment.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 9:30 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Twenty graduates of Beaufort County Community College's Practical Nursing program received their nursing school pins Wednesday, July 16, in a ceremony, which is a traditional rite of passage for nursing school graduates across the country.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 7:27 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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East Carolina University students responded to June's soaring temperatures by trading in their traditional classroom environment for a refreshing dip in the Pamlico River.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 4:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University's College of Nursing continues to produce the most registered nurses in North Carolina and its graduates pass the state nursing exam at a rate above the state average, according to data in a report prepared for the UNC Board of Governors.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Due to increased flu activity, Vidant Health is holding a free flu clinic for anyone that may still need a flu shot. No appointment is necessary, but quantities are limited.
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 12:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory made a personal phone call to LaMonte Burton Armstrong, 63, of Chapel Hill today to inform him that his pardon of innocence was granted.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2013 @ 9:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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