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Critics of the federal proposal to impose a work requirement on Medicaid recipients warn that red tape — not unemployment — would drive people off the rolls.
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The $7.4 billion nationwide settlement with provide state and local governments with funds for opioid treatment efforts, said NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson.
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Triangle-based Continuous Precision Medicine developed a mobile app to track pain management and prescription medication usage. The company says over the long term, it can help reduce opioid misuse.
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Politicians, parents, and pundits have lots of opinions about how to solve mental health problems affecting nearly every campus. In this conversation, students themselves share their perspective of what they and their classmates are facing.
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The Asheville-based manufacturing company is partnering with NC Medicaid through United Healthcare to provide lactation services over the phone or laptop.
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The latest numbers show 656,000 North Carolinians have gained coverage through Medicaid since it expanded in 2023.
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Leoneda Inge talks to NC State professor Jonathan Allen about milk testing and safety in North Carolina.
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The North Carolina House of Representatives approved a budget plan on May 22 for the next two fiscal years that would cut some vacant positions in the health department, loosen child care regulations and eliminate Medicaid coverage of GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic, for weight loss.
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Martin General Hospital shut down in 2023 after its operator filed for bankruptcy. Residents have to travel to neighboring counties to access care. A new state initiative seeks to end that healthcare desert.
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North Carolina Health News reporter Rachel Crumpler talks with co-host Jeff Tiberii about last year's increase in deaths by suicide in NC prisons.
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Vance County’s Department of Social Services has been under investigation since last year for violating the safety of children and their families within the welfare system.