The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching a new Statewide Peer Warmline on Feb. 20, 2024. The new Peer Warmline will work in tandem with the North Carolina 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by giving callers the option to speak with a Peer Support Specialist.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 @ 1:29 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Lora Joyner named National Bleeding Disorders Foundation Physical Therapist of the Year
Published: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 @ 4:29 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy said during the second Republican Party primary debate on Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, that transgenderism in minors was a mental health issue and that it was cruel to push that ideology onto children.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 5:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) does not appear to have endured a stroke or have a seizure disorder, the attending physician of the U.S. Congress said in a new update on Tuesday after the lawmaker’s second freeze-up last week.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 8:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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On Wednesday, House Bill 40, Prevent Rioting and Civil Disorder, was approved by the Senate Rules committee.
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 8:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Babies born in North Carolina will now be screened for two additional disorders, along with the other disorders screened for by the NC Department of Health and Human Services’ Newborn Screening Program.
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 @ 7:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $3.2 million to nine colleges and universities across the state to increase access to recovery services and supports on campuses for students with substance use disorders.
Published: Thursday, January 19th, 2023 @ 11:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Eight organizations across the state will now be able to increase their recovery services, supports and accessibility for individuals with substance use disorders.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 9:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Pilot program launching in July will provide career coaching to support career success and advancement
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day is an opportunity to draw attention to PTSD
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 @ 10:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Litwa, an assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, studies the mechanisms by which the brain cells form connections with one another to share information with each other.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
By: ECU News Services
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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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To boost North Carolina’s response to the opioid crisis, R.J. Blackley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Butner recently became certified as an opioid treatment program for people with opioid use disorder.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 9:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Early Saturday morning, baby Alfie Evans passed away, announced 23-month-old's mother Kate James in a Facebook post
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 @ 12:27 am
By: Daily Wire
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Alicia Moran is a junior at Bob Jones University in South Carolina, studying to get her bachelor's degree in communications disorders
Published: Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wherever you go the overwhelming sentiment is that people can't wait until this election is over
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 4:12 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bob Casey (D-PA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committee
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 @ 3:44 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Pat McCrory expanded insurance coverage for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by signing the Autism Health Insurance Coverage Act into law today at a ceremony in Charlotte.
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2015 @ 6:11 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Children with communication delays related to autism and other disorders are learning about making friends while improving their verbal skills at East Carolina University’s Pirate Speech Camp.
Published: Monday, July 28th, 2014 @ 5:31 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Senate is preparing to finalize a bill approved last year by the state's House of Representatives mandating more universal health insurance coverage for autism services.
Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 7:08 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Pamlico Psychiatric Services provides medication management services for adult patients with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, dementia and post-traumatic stress.
Published: Friday, October 8th, 2010 @ 11:08 pm
By: BCN
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The use of sexual imagery in advertising has gone too far and is having adverse effects on today's youth and society.
Published: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 @ 12:49 pm
By: Leslie Schneider
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