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The Beaufort Promise Scholarship has helped to increase the number of new healthcare technicians locally and offered the opportunity for new credentials to existing workers, as on display through the large class of program graduates.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 10:49 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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Around 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers went on strike this week hoping to get better pay and benefits in what has been described as the largest health care strike in U.S. history.
Published: Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 @ 11:36 pm
By: Daily Wire
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ECU dental school’s annual clinic provides oral health care for migrant farmworkers
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 12:09 am
By: ECU News Services
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Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) indicated Monday that she won’t permit the hiring of health care workers who’ve declined to get the COVID vaccine, despite her vaccine mandate being overturned in the courts and a serious healthcare worker shortage.
Published: Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 @ 9:01 am
By: Daily Wire
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A federal judge approved a class action settlement of more than $10 million for workers at an Illinois healthcare system whose religious exemptions against taking the COVID vaccine were rejected.
Published: Sunday, January 1st, 2023 @ 11:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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SECU Foundation Provides $40,000 Grant for Animal-Assisted Therapy Program in Western North CarolinaSECU Foundation recently provided a $40,000 grant to TimberKnolls Spirit Cove (TSC), an organization that provides animal-assisted activities and therapy to veterans, military families, first responders, healthcare workers, and people battling illness or trauma.
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 @ 11:44 am
By: ENC NOW
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A federal court struck another blow to President Joe Biden on Monday, blocking the president’s vaccine mandate on health care workers in 10 states.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 8:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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A federal judge in Louisiana blocked Democrat President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers on Tuesday, issuing a nationwide injunction on Biden’s order.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 12:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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ECU grant, Wake Forest materials donation expand health information access for migrant farmworkers
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 7:31 am
By: ECU News Services
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Issues Unclaimed Property Check to College of Health & Human Services
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2022 @ 9:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A federal court denied Democrat President Joe Biden's Department of Justice on Monday from being able to stop a temporary block on vaccine mandates on healthcare workers.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 @ 8:38 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Biden administration is working to rescind a Trump rule intended to protect religious health care workers by allowing them to refuse to provide services which they feel violate their conscience and moral beliefs.
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 @ 9:31 am
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 256 to support the state’s ongoing fight against COVID-19 by providing flexibility for health care workers and care facilities, as well as easier access to vaccines, tests and treatments.
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2022 @ 5:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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ECU dental school provides oral health care to migrant farmworkers
Published: Saturday, March 5th, 2022 @ 6:34 am
By: ECU News Services
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In an odd and worrying decision, a judge in Wisconsin ruled that seven workers who were recently hired away from one company could not start working for their new company unless their previous employer received some accommodations from them.
Published: Saturday, February 5th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked President Biden’s federal COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate, although the battle over the jabs continues.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 6:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 245 to strengthen the state’s ongoing fight against COVID-19 with more health care workers and flexibility for care facilities, as well as easier access to vaccines, tests and treatments.
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 9:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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A federal judge on Tuesday partially blocked New York’s vaccine mandate for health care and long-term care workers throughout the state.
Published: Thursday, December 23rd, 2021 @ 3:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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North Carolina's Community Health Worker Initiative will expand as part of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR) initiative.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 7:27 am
By: Announcements
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A health system in Louisiana is planning to charge its employees a fee who have unvaccinated spouses on its health insurance plan.
Published: Friday, October 29th, 2021 @ 6:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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“Reevaluate vaccine mandate with greater input from employees and flexibility for concerned workers”
Published: Thursday, October 28th, 2021 @ 8:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. announced that state government would begin verifying vaccination status of its workers.
Published: Thursday, August 26th, 2021 @ 4:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, the North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) announced its position approved by the association’s board of trustees supporting COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers.
Published: Sunday, August 15th, 2021 @ 7:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Funding Will Create Tens of Thousands of Jobs to Respond to COVID-19, Prepare U.S. for Future Outbreaks, and Support Local Public Health Officials
Published: Monday, May 24th, 2021 @ 10:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. announced that additional frontline essential workers in Group 3 will be eligible for vaccinations beginning tomorrow, March 3.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 1:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. outlined a timeline for Group 3 frontline workers becoming eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 @ 11:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen visited a large-scale vaccine site at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Friday Conference Center to witness health care workers and North Carolinians over age 65 receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 @ 3:20 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced today that vaccine providers that are ready to expand may vaccinate all health care workers and anyone 65 years and older.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 9:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen witnessed some of the first COVID-19 vaccinations in the country at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill.
Published: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020 @ 12:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen visited Duke University School of Medicine to see Duke Health frontline workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 9:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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USA Today reported that the vaccine will first be given to “front-line health care workers, first responders, cleaners and ambulance drivers.”
Published: Monday, November 23rd, 2020 @ 1:04 am
By: Daily Wire
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Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon digs into details of rising gun sales.
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 6:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm thrilled to be here in North Carolina with so many of these unbelievable professionals, doctors, nurses, and amazing healthcare workers.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 1:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) today announced its selection of seven vendors to hire and manage over 250 Community Health Workers
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2020 @ 5:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is taking further action to prevent and respond to COVID-19 outbreaks among the agricultural workforce, delivering critical personal protection equipment for use by agricultural workers across the state.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 @ 7:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) today issued a Request For Proposals for an initiative that will send up to 250 Community Health Workers to historically underserved areas with high COVID-19 caseloads.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2020 @ 2:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Cooper Proclaimed June 15, 2020, Healthcare Heroes Day to recognize the daily heroic sacrifices made by healthcare professionals, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 @ 2:28 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Even health care workers aren’t immune to the economic devastation brought by the coronavirus.
Published: Saturday, June 13th, 2020 @ 11:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I published a brief on the potential use of hydroxychloroquine to protect doctors, nurses, and first responders on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2020 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced that child protective services and adult protective services workers are designated as first responders.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 5:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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