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A House Bill that provides funding for the Medicaid rebase in North Carolina is headed to the Senate floor for a vote, after passing in the Senate’s Appropriations/Base Budget Committee on Monday.
Published: Thursday, September 25th, 2025 @ 3:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is the 10th worst state for healthcare access. Many residents live in “healthcare deserts.”
Published: Wednesday, July 30th, 2025 @ 11:25 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Recognition affirms ECU Health’s commitment to providing highly-reliable, human-centered care
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 @ 10:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Tar Heel State earned failing marks for healthcare and its costs according to a list by Forbes Advisor ranking of all 50 states.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Beaufort County Community College (BCCC) is pleased to announce a collaborative effort with Hyde County Emergency Services to offer an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class for the upcoming 2023-2024 term.
Published: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 @ 5:26 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Hold onto your wallets, the Attorney General has failed the patients and taxpayers of North Carolina yet again. There is widespread evidence that mergers make hospital care less affordable and less safe.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 11:29 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you so much, again. Please — do you want to sit? (Laughter.) I might talk for a while. (Laughter.)
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 8:51 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Record Hospitalizations Are Straining North Carolina’s Hospitals, NCDHHS Requests Federal AssistanceThe highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 is sending record numbers of people to North Carolina hospitals, straining hospital capacity.
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Thursday, Australia’s Northern Territory chief minister Michael Gunner announced that unvaccinated people may not go to work or exercise outdoors over the next four days.
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 10:16 am
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Cooper, health officials offer clear guidance ahead of expected Omicron wave
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 8:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 27, 2021
Published: Monday, August 30th, 2021 @ 9:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ten More Counties Designated as Red for Critical Community Spread
Published: Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 @ 7:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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About a dozen protesters stood in the rain on an Asheville sidewalk at Mission Health on Friday, Aug. 21. Some held umbrellas or “Vote No” signs.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2020 @ 7:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A collection of North Carolina experts today released a composite modeling forecast looking at how COVID-19 could affect North Carolina in the coming months.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 6:22 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina’s cities host some of the nation’s most monopolistic hospital markets.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the House Bill 325, the Opioid Epidemic Response Act, to help increase access to medication assisted treatment and expand harm reduction measures to reduce opioid overdose deaths across the state.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2019 @ 7:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In a roundtable discussion with Governor Roy Cooper and Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, parents shared the pain of losing children to the opioid epidemic and urged lawmakers to expand Medicaid to provide access to treatment.
Published: Friday, June 14th, 2019 @ 11:22 am
By: Governor's Office
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Adults who don’t receive health insurance through their employer struggle to find affordable plans when they look to buy coverage on their own from an insurance company
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 1:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Department of Health and Human Services proposes to expand Medicaid and restructure the state's controversial mental health provider networks, Secretary Mandy Cohen said Tuesday
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 @ 3:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hospital patients die at higher rates from some common maladies in states that require providers to obtain a certificate of need for certain medical services, a new study concluded
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2016 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There has not been a lot a talk about Belhaven not having a hospital since the first of the year.
Published: Sunday, March 13th, 2016 @ 10:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Two rural hospitals could be reopened under state legislation that includes the first substantive reform of North Carolina's certificate of need regulation.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 8:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College will offer Initial Emergency Medical Technician training in Aurora beginning Monday, April 20.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 6:55 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Drunks don't always make the most cooperative suspects. But it's not clear how aggressively police can pursue evidence, such as blood samples, when they apprehend a suspect who's suspected of driving while intoxicated. And a recent ruling by the state Court of Appeals hasn't settled the matter.
Published: Saturday, November 15th, 2014 @ 9:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Working together with emergency management officials for Washington and Tyrell counties, the Vidant Health Foundation announced it will provide Washington-Tyrell Emergency Management Services a $25,000 Community Benefits Grant to purchase a Quick Response Vehicle (QRV).
Published: Friday, September 26th, 2014 @ 10:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Here is a story of the big Mars Hill Church out in California. Like Vidant, it is a 501(c)3 Tax-exempt / Non-profit institution.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 3:51 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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After being closed for the snow last week, the students, faculty, staff and leaders at Beaufort County Community College have been very busy trying to catch up on their work this week.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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A state audit finding potentially "hundreds of millions of dollars" of Medicaid mismanagement also called for "a scientifically valid study" of North Carolina's showcase Medicaid program due to suspect savings claims and questionable methodologies used to evaluate it.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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