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Monday, June 30 marks the last day of the fiscal year, and state lawmakers have yet to pass a new budget.
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2025 @ 4:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Part of ongoing effort to raise awareness and combat rising congenital syphilis cases
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 6:18 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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As of Feb. 1, 2024, 346,408 newly eligible North Carolinians are enrolled in Medicaid and now have access to comprehensive health care, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid Expansion Enrollment Dashboard.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 11:22 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today updated its weekly Respiratory Virus Summary Dashboard, which shows high volumes of people being seen in hospital emergency departments with respiratory illness symptoms across North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 11:22 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control, the second oldest state cancer coalition in the nation, will celebrate 30 years of vigorous efforts to reduce North Carolina’s cancer burden on Friday, Nov. 17.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 11:13 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Highlighting Strategies Working in North Carolina to Reduce Firearm Misuse
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 @ 8:14 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the first two reported flu-related deaths of the 2023-24 flu season.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 12:23 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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People with the product should stop use immediately
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 11:08 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Two cases of mpox were reported to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services over the past six weeks, the first cases in North Carolina residents since April 2023.
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 2:08 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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September marks National Recovery Month, an opportunity to celebrate any changes towards wellness and a healthier, happier life. It specifically highlights people in recovery from substance use and mental health conditions
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 7:48 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Everyone 6-months and older should get the fall COVID-19 vaccine with their flu shot.
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 3:33 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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September is National Food Safety Education Month and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is raising awareness about common foodborne illnesses and steps you can take to prevent them.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 12:21 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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As the dog days of summer heat up backyards across the state, some North Carolina families with private pools are turning to a new online platform to rent them out on an hourly basis.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 2:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper declared today Overdose Awareness Day in North Carolina. Overdose Awareness Day is about remembering those whose lives have been lost to overdose, honoring family and community grief, and renewing our commitment to ending the overdose crisis in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 1:32 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina House Health Committee passed a measure Tuesday that would ban public health facilities, or any providers under contract with them, from performing surgical gender transition procedures on minors
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is recommending limits on consumption of certain freshwater fish from the middle and lower Cape Fear River based on concerns about exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) found in fish sampled from that area.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 7:41 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Living tobacco-free adds years to their lives
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 @ 10:17 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Stay free
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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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: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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It was a case of rinse and repeat for North Carolina lawmakers as they heard much of the same testimony from North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) officials on efforts to help those who lost homes due to Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With warmer weather on the way, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services urges North Carolinians to "Fight the Bite" by taking measures to reduce their risk of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 4:32 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Innovation, community partnerships help ECU bring dental care to underserved Hyde County
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 @ 1:48 am
By: ECU News Services
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ECU-led telepsychiatry program earns state award for technology innovation
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2022 @ 11:17 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A recall has been issued for any shell and shucked oysters harvested in the southeastern Galveston Bay known as TX1 between Nov. 17 and Dec. 7, 2022. North Carolina restaurants and stores may be impacted by this recall
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2022 @ 12:49 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Leading medical institutions in Spain are speaking out against the newly proposed “Trans Law” that would allow minors to self-declare as transgender and access irreversible medical transition procedures.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 9:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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ECU, ECU Health research focuses on improving rural health
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: ECU News Services
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ECU program aims to limit impact of addiction, HIV
Published: Saturday, November 19th, 2022 @ 3:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first pediatric death from flu for the 2022-2023 flu season
Published: Saturday, November 5th, 2022 @ 8:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first flu-related death of the 2022-23 flu season.
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 1:24 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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With food prices rising, more North Carolina families with young children are using benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to access healthy, nutritious food.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2022 @ 12:07 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services see a decrease in flu vaccinations compared to previous years and urge North Carolinians 6 months and older to get their flu shot before the end of October
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2022 @ 1:05 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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Suicide is among the top five leading causes of death for people ages 10 to 65 in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 11:09 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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MR. FENTON: Good afternoon. I’m Bob Fenton, the White House Monkeypox Response Coordinator.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 3:12 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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