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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is joining southeastern states, insurers and national leaders in health care and public health for a collaborative effort to combat the congenital syphilis crisis.
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2024 @ 9:25 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has finally unveiled the first draft of proposed revisions to the state’s Healthful Living Standards, which encompass both Physical and Health Education.
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health is proud to announce its accreditation from the prestigious Public Health Accreditation Board.
Published: Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 @ 10:45 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced changes to its COVID-19 dashboard and state-funded testing sites as the federal public health emergency comes to an end May 11, 2023
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 8:31 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, today released the North Carolina School Behavioral Health Action Plan
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 12:47 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) recently received approximately $17 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education to help meet the mental health needs of students in the state’s public schools.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 5:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Numerous Departments of Public Health across the United States are opting to replace “mother” and “father” for “birth parent” and “non-birth parent,” respectively.
Published: Thursday, September 29th, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Chicago Department of Public Health warned attendees of the Lollapalooza music festival to test their recreational drugs for fentanyl.
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 11:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction will begin revising state health and science standards this year.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 6:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today launched Raise North Carolina, a public education campaign about the value of the state’s early care and learning network to support children’s healthy development
Published: Wednesday, July 13th, 2022 @ 10:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has begun the process of revising state science and health standards
Published: Monday, July 11th, 2022 @ 3:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first case of monkeypox virus infection in a North Carolina resident, identified by testing at the State Laboratory of Public Health.
Published: Thursday, June 30th, 2022 @ 10:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today published Governmental Public Health: Workforce and Infrastructure Improvement in Action, a review of the public health workforce and infrastructure across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 1:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new dental public health training program: Oral Health Training Program for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD).
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 10:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited a vaccine clinic at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health to encourage more North Carolinians get their COVID-19 vaccine.
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 8:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health today released its Plan to End the HIV Epidemic in the state.
Published: Saturday, July 10th, 2021 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health today announced 14 medical facilities have been awarded the North Carolina Maternity Center Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation.
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 10:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Benefits (NC Medicaid) is extending temporary provider rate increases related to COVID-19 through the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency, which goes through Jan. 21, 2021.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 3:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Permanent Proposed Changes Open for Public Comment through October 8th
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 8:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new, expedited reimbursement program
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Nutrition Services Branch announces its annual participation in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2020 @ 2:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is joining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in alerting consumers of adverse health effects associated with methanol-contaminated hand sanitizers.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 7:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Guidance formed through collaborative process with DHHS and School Leaders
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina is among states rated as high performers in public health emergency preparedness measures by a nonpartisan, nonprofit that advocates for optimal health for people and communities through prevention of illness and injuries.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released the final report on the public health investigation into an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in people who attended the NC Mountain State Fair held Sept. 6–15, 2019 at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletche
Published: Friday, February 7th, 2020 @ 9:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local health departments and health care providers to closely monitor the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that originated in Wuhan, China.
Published: Thursday, January 30th, 2020 @ 12:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Officials from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Department of Public Safety will be participating with federal, state and local officials in a multi-state Ebola virus disease emergency preparedness exercise Nov. 4–8, 2019.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health today announced the first reported flu-related death of the 2019-20 flu season, which occurred the first week of October and involved an adult in the central part of the state.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 6:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public health officials are reporting a case of Legionnaires’ disease in a person who did not attend the Mountain State Fair but was present at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center (WNC Ag Center) after the fair ended.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2019 @ 1:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health today released an interim report and FAQ related to the investigation into the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak associated with the NC Mountain State Fair.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2019 @ 7:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Cumberland County Department of Public Health are reporting that an individual died after developing an illness caused by an amoeba that is naturally present in warm freshwater during the summer.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 5:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released today an interactive online dashboard, “Alcohol & the Public’s Health in North Carolina,” which provides alcohol-related information on all 100 counties.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 1:59 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health today announced the first reported flu-related death of the 2018-19 flu season, which occurred last week and involved an adult in the central part of the state
Published: Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 @ 6:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health and the Pitt County Health Department have a long history of working together for the good of public health
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2018 @ 2:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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She didn't use the words "garbage in, garbage out." But that popular computer science catch phrase could have summarized State Auditor Beth Wood's recent warning to N.C. lawmakers
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 11:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper issued a proclamation recognizing Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day in North Carolina and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health joins in this observance
Published: Friday, December 1st, 2017 @ 1:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking additional public input on the transformation of the Medicaid and NC Health Choice programs (also known as "Medicaid reform")
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 8:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Flooding has had a big impact on a number of areas in Beaufort County and the Health Department is reminding people of the potential public health risks associated with flash flooding
Published: Monday, October 17th, 2016 @ 10:04 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The beginning of a new school year is upon many in North Carolina and the Department of Human Services' Division of Public Health reminds parents and guardians of the importance of vaccinations for school-aged children.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2016 @ 5:22 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Efforts by a national organization of public health agency peers to have a uniform set of nationwide drinking water standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency has been embraced by the North Carolina Division of Public Health.
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2016 @ 10:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With support from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health (DPH) and other partners, the North Carolina Diabetes Advisory Council (DAC) will release the inaugural publication North Carolina's Guide to Diabetes Prevention and Management 2015-2020 on
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:07 am
By: Chris Downey
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