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Award highlights ECU Health’s telehealth approach in addressing rural disparities
Published: Saturday, July 12th, 2025 @ 7:25 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Free markets lower disparities, while government-controlled systems make things worse
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 6:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was asked to comment about urban and rural disparities in gas prices by a reporter who appeared to be implying a race-driven cause for the phenomenon.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 3:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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ECU medical student research highlights rural adolescent physical activity, health disparities
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 10:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper reestablished the Andrea Harris Equity Task Force through an Executive Order to continue the work that the group has done to address social, economic and health disparities in underserved and underrepresented communities.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 11:03 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a report of the state’s monkeypox data, including how many vaccines have been administered across the state since July.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 6:10 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The rate of COVID-19 infections is once again disproportionately impacting Black and Hispanic North Carolinians.
Published: Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 @ 9:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative (NCOHC), a program of the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation (FHLI), has secured funding to begin tackling the complex needs of people seeking oral health services in western North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Farmworkers make vital contributions to the nation’s economy and food systems. But because of working conditions, they often experience serious challenges, including health disparities, food insecurities, higher instances of pesticide exposure and a lack of digital connectivity.
Published: Saturday, November 27th, 2021 @ 5:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services joined approximately 40 cross-sector health care organizations committing to using and sharing high-level data about race, ethnicity, language and gender to inform best practices to promote health equity.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 12:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The June 2021 report provides an update on the implementation of policy recommendations addressing disparities in communities of color disproportionately impacted by COVID-19
Published: Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 @ 8:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Policy Recommendations address social, economic, environmental and health disparities in communities of color disproportionately impacted by COVID-19
Published: Saturday, December 5th, 2020 @ 3:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force and Chair, NC Department of Administration Secretary Machelle Sanders, convened on September 2, 2020 to discuss potential recommendations to address and improve the social, environmental, economic, and health disparities
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2020 @ 5:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 143 to addresses the social, environmental, economic, and health disparities in communities of color that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 10:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina's infant mortality rate decreased to 7.1 deaths per 1,000 births, compared with a 2016 rate of 7.2 and a 2015 rate of 7.3, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' 2017 infant mortality rates
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 7:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released its Health Equity Report for 2018, which shows progress and areas for continued improvement for a healthier North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 3:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University researchers are part of a multi-institutional team receiving a large grant to tackle health disparities related to uncontrolled high blood pressure in the rural South
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:16 am
By: ECU News Services
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Six East Carolina University graduate students are doing their part to uphold the university's motto, "Servire" -- " to serve" -- after being named North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellows for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:07 am
By: ECU News Services
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A new study by researchers at East Carolina University suggests that equivalent health insurance coverage may not level the disparities between African-American and Caucasian lung cancer patients when it comes to the stage at which they're diagnosed.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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Critics often label capitalism as unfair. They say a system based on free markets and limited government control leads to wide disparities among the rich and poor.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2014 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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