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Child care advocates protest at state legislature over funding shortfall
The N.C. General Assembly has passed about $67 million to keep child care providers afloat for the first half of the fiscal year. The state Senate on Thursday afternoon approved an amendment to Senate Bill 357 that included the funding, which the state House had approved the day before. “It’s...
Communities across N.C. work to curb suicides amid worsening mental health crisis
CONTENT WARNING: This article references suicide. Please take caution when reading. If you need mental health support, call or text the national suicide and crisis lifeline — 988 — or consult our mental health resources page. Rik Emaus came home one afternoon in August 2021 to find his...
Deaths on the railroad tracks can torment train engineers
When a train barrels toward a pedestrian on the tracks, it’s almost always too late for the engineer to stop. A strike — so often fatal — can happen in mere seconds, but for a train driver, the collision and the fallout from it can haunt them for a lifetime.
Mission nurses call for management to address workplace violence
Choked. Hit. Kicked. Thrown against walls. Nurses at HCA Healthcare-owned Mission Hospital face a steady stream of assaults and violence in their workplace and say management needs to do more to prevent their physical injuries and emotional trauma. The violence is so prevalent that nurses called Asheville police 25 times...
What is xylazine, and is it increasing overdose deaths in N.C.?
Louise Vincent experienced xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, a couple years ago. The drug, commonly called “tranq,” caused wounds on her arms that haven’t fully recovered, she said, and she was ashamed of their appearance. “It was the most horrible thing I ever experienced,” she said of the...
This week’s heat could be deadly for some North Carolinians
This week is shaping up to be a scorcher as a record–breaking “heat dome” settles over the East Coast and midwestern United States. The National Weather Service office in Raleigh has issued a hazardous weather outlook starting Tuesday and extending through the weekend, warning “High temperatures will be in the low to mid 90s Friday and around 95 to near 100 degrees Saturday and Sunday. Heat index values will peak in the upper 90s to around 105 degrees Saturday and Sunday.”
NC Medicaid is rolling out ‘tailored’ plans for complex beneficiaries. Your questions answered.
Medicaid is about to change for tens of thousands of North Carolinians who have complex health care needs. For most of the state’s 2 million-plus Medicaid beneficiaries, nothing will happen. The state plans to move about 160,000 enrollees, many of them people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, onto specialized...
Pedestrian and bicyclist deaths are up in North Carolina, and public health advocates are calling for change
Steven Hardy-Braz rode more than 11,000 miles in the first 11 months of 2021. An avid road cyclist from Farmville, he took every precaution — reflective clothing, bright lights, mirrors. He also had a camera mounted on the back of his bike. On Nov. 21 of that year, as...
Teeing off for sustainability: Pinehurst showcases eco-friendly golf design
Because the world’s top male golfers are teeing off this week on Pinehurst’s renowned No. 2 course for the U.S. Open Golf Championship, more than precision driving and putting are on display. The four-day event is being played on a course that has evolved into a more environmentally friendly facility.
New CDC head uses COVID-era innovations to tackle bird flu outbreak
Mandy Cohen, who led North Carolina’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing her first major test as director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — rising concerns about the spread of avian influenza. Cases of H5N1, a strand of what is popularly known as...
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