A nationwide problem, worse in North Carolina - NC Health News
Dec 2, 2021 · Recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that over the last year, the crisis grew even worse. More than 100,000 people across the country died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. Over that period, the nationwide overdose death rate rose 27 percent. In North Carolina, it grew by 37 percent.
You may have your own, or an attorney can be provided for you. An attorney is involved because this proceeding may result in a restriction on your personal freedom for a temporary time period. You can reach an attorney by calling the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office at 704-686-0900. Bob Ward 704-686-0991 is the attorney usually ...
Answers to questions about Medicaid expansion - NC Health News
Dec 1, 2023 · About 600,000 low-income residents of North Carolina can now obtain health insurance coverage; people already on Medicaid don’t have to change anything. by Jaymie Baxley December 1, 2023November 30, 2023. Gov. Roy Cooper announces the December launch date for Medicaid expansion with DHHS Sec. Kody Kinsley on Sept. 25, 2023.
Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
Aug 10, 2021 · Here’s how to access the verification if you got vaccinated at a local health department, at a mass vaccination site that was run by the state’s DHHS. Step One: Go to the NCDHHS COVID-19 Vaccine Portal. The vaccine portal can be accessed at: https://covid-vaccine-portal.ncdhhs.gov. Step Two: Sign in using your login information.
Lessons from Abroad: How Europeans have tackled opioid …
This award-winning series of stories reported in late 2018 explores how Switzerland, France and other European countries implemented drug policies and programs that have diminished their rates of opioid overdose and related infections. Both the Swiss and the French accomplished this by supporting drug users in different ways. Switzerland led Europe with the first drug […]
The state of medical marijuana legalization in NC - NC Health News
Apr 20, 2022 · The SurveyUSA poll found that 72 percent of North Carolinians supported medical marijuana legalization. Support for medical marijuana is high across the political spectrum. The poll found that 64 percent of registered Republicans, 75 percent of registered Democrats and 78 percent of unaffiliated voters supported legalization.
NC communities’ decades-long environmental justice fight - NC …
Oct 20, 2021 · As large-scale hog and poultry industries continue to grow in eastern North Carolina, local residents push back against decades of air and water pollution. by Melba Newsome October 20, 2021. An aerial view of an industrial hog farm and lagoons filled with waste in eastern North Carolina. Photo credit: Cape Fear River Watch.
Medical marijuana legislation could put NC in the green - NC …
Jul 13, 2021 · State Health Policy. Medical marijuana legislation could put NC in the green, advocates say. As an NC Senate bill that would legalize medical marijuana gains traction, advocates and businesses call for the narrow bill to be expanded, citing economic opportunity. by Elizabeth Thompson and Mona Dougani July 13, 2021August 31, 2022.
Advocates, state officials work toward prison reforms — NC Health …
Oct 19, 2023 · Prison Health. Advocates, state officials work toward reforms to improve conditions for people working and residing in NC prisons. Filling staff vacancies, meeting the demand for rehabilitative resources and updating solitary confinement practices are among the focuses of state prison system. by Rachel Crumpler October 19, 2023.
More coverage on Mission Hospital - North Carolina Health News
Feb 17, 2024 · By Andrew R. Jones. Asheville Watchdog. At least three patients died and others were endangered at Mission Hospital in 2022 and 2023 following significant delays and lapses of care in the emergency department and other areas, according to a scathing U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report obtained Thursday by Asheville Watchdog.. The 384-page document details why CMS placed the ...