Rural Health

Despite closures at other rural hospitals across North Carolina, the labor and delivery unit at UNC Health Chatham is a recent addition.

When Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina, it downed power lines, leaving tens of thousands of residents without electricity for days, even weeks.

Advanced practice nurses have been trying to gain more independence from physicians for decades, but the legislative obstacles are high.

A mobile breast cancer screening program is scheduled to launch this month in Nash County. The event is the first of one nonprofit’s efforts to provide 200 free mammograms across Eastern North Carolina.

The Affordable Connectivity Program, a $14.2 billion federal program that provides subsidies to low-income households for high-speed internet, is due to sunset in April.

The UNC System Board of Governors allocated $3.7 billion from the General Assembly. This includes investments in faculty salary increases, athletics and rural healthcare.

Virtual doctor visits became mainstream during the pandemic. However, telehealth services remain out of reach to those who could benefit the most.

Real estate is hot right now across the Triangle. And that’s evident not just in residential and commercial properties, but also in how fast hospitals are growing. The three major hospital systems are competing not just for location, but also for hospital beds.

While North Carolina’s urban centers were the sites of COVID-19 concern in March and April, the more sparsely populated parts of the state are now facing…

Though COVID-19 struck North Carolina’s suburban and urban communities earliest, the virus has begun to sweep through the state’s rural communities at an…