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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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144-bed hospital anticipated to open in Spring 2025
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 6:09 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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NCDHHS Livestream Fireside Chat and Tele-Town Hall Thursday: Caring for Your Health as You Age in NCThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall on Thursday, Oct. 5, from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss how aging adults can support their health and access the care they need.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 4:25 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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Folwell said the consolidation of healthcare has resulted in lower quality, lower access, and higher cost.
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 7:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Health equity, education and economic stability for all North Carolinians are key strategies in the 2022 North Carolina State Health Improvement Plan (NC SHIP), which the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released today.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 1:18 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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144-bed inpatient treatment facility slated to open in spring 2025
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 12:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Project will inform the potential transition to oral health managed care under NC Medicaid
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced a nomination and appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, January 7th, 2022 @ 12:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Arvind Rajan’s long-term goal is to practice medicine, but he’s also launched a podcast, created a CPR app and made movies while at East Carolina University.
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 2:27 am
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina today submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention its COVID-19 Vaccination Plan.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 @ 11:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Group will work to identify and address inequities highlighted by COVID-19
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2020 @ 2:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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When her teenage son collapsed in a seizure, it hit High Point mother Kelly Kinard. Luka was addicted.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 12:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell says the State Health Plan is paying UNC Health Care too much for member services and treatments
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 10:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced his nominations and appointments to 19 boards, commissions, and councils
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 2:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced 44 appointments to various state boards and commissions
Published: Monday, April 16th, 2018 @ 11:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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Middle-aged whites in North Carolina are dying at an unprecedented rate, according to a new study by researchers at East Carolina University
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 4:14 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Institute of Medicine and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are partnering to convene Regional Leadership Summits involving Local Management Entities/Managed Care Organizations
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 10:36 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Brian Floyd, president of Vidant Medical Center, has been confirmed to serve a five year membership appointment to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM)
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 @ 2:55 am
By: Christopher Maye
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 6:15 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 11:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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When seventh-grade science teacher and East Carolina University alumnus Tim Hardison learned his fellow Martin County residents had the shortest life expectancy in the state, he wanted to know why. So he dug a little deeper and discovered his rural, economically challenged county also had...
Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Two East Carolina University researchers have received funding for a project that could lead to better quality of life for people living with chronic pain.
Published: Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 @ 9:32 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Last week, yet another study claiming that expanding Medicaid in North Carolina will create tens of thousands of jobs was released and dutifully reported by the media. The findings of such studies, however, are based upon a fatally flawed assumption that Medicaid coverage equates to access to...
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 10:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In most states, community colleges offer only associate degrees in nursing, which require two to three years of education.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 11:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In most states, community colleges offer only associate degrees in nursing, which require two to three years of education. But in five states Florida, Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Washington they offer a four-year nursing bachelor's degree.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 4:49 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Employers with fewer than 50 full-time workers do not suffer Obamacare's employer mandate tax if they do not offer health insurance coverage. However, if a firm chooses to offer coverage, it must be compliant with the law's standards.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 2:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University's College of Nursing continues to produce the most registered nurses in North Carolina and its graduates pass the state nursing exam at a rate above the state average, according to data in a report prepared for the UNC Board of Governors.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Friday, April 18th, 2014 @ 1:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A public records request filed by the Civitas Institute confirms that the UNC Poverty Center continues to use publicly funded resources for blatantly political activities in ways that are inappropriate, violate UNC policies, and possibly illegal.
Published: Thursday, March 6th, 2014 @ 11:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governments at all levels have injected themselves into the debate over childhood obesity, with everything from rules about school lunches to higher taxes on candy and soft drinks, even a proposed tax on large, sugary sodas in New York City. Earlier this year, the North Carolina Institute of...
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Researchers at East Carolina University will spend another year studying the causes of Gulf War illness and medicines that might be able to treat it.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 10:52 am
By: ECU News Services
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