NC Health News

MARCH 18, 2025

Rural areas, especially, struggle with having enough health care workers, said Bagley, who lives in Greenville. Meeting a need ECUs program launched in fall 2017 with 21 students. At the time, officials cited the low rate of nurse practitioners certified in psychiatric and mental health care only 1.8

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Health Education and Training Organizations Substance Use Disorders Rural Health Mental Health Services 115

NC Health News

JANUARY 25, 2025

(Photo from UNC Health Southeastern) Many hospitals across the country, including those in North Carolina, have upgraded their maternity wards with a focus on comfort and aesthetic while addressing changes in the latest technology.

Maternal and Child Health 105

Maternal and Child Health Rural Health 105

NC Health News

JANUARY 20, 2025

In 2017, 61 percent of job seekers aged 55 and above were re-employed one quarter after their layoff date, compared with 68 percent of jobseekers aged 25-54 and 74 percent of those younger than 25. Department of Commerce found that older people who claimed unemployment insurance had lower rates of re-employment.

Ageing and Health 131

Ageing and Health Mental Health and Public Health Health Inequalities Rural Health 131

Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 10, 2025

Maternal unit closures that put women and their babies in rural areas at heightened risk of complications and death arent a new trend. ProPublica covered the dilemma in a 2017 interview with Katy B. who co-directs the University of Minnesotas Rural Health Research Center. Kozhimannil , Ph.D., in 2010 to 52.4%

Rural Health 98

Rural Health Reproductive Health 98

Black Health Matters

JANUARY 7, 2025

.” Some of the global health conditions that the center attempted to prevent and treat through their efforts include “Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria in Hispaniola.” ” The New York Times characterized Carter’s global health as “quiet but monumental.”

Rural Health 98

Rural Health Substance Use Disorders Global Health Community Health Centers 98

NC Health News

APRIL 2, 2025

Community Health Center Association and knows the needs of this state well, including its extensive history of hurricanes disrupting power to crucial services. The initiative targets rural health centers across the southeastern U.S.,

Rural Health 109

Rural Health Disaster and Emergency Management Community Health Centers Environmental Health and Safety 109

NC Health News

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The document, created in 2017 , explored ways of ensuring the financial stability of water utilities. Members of the state Water Infrastructure Authority, a body tasked with financial planning for the state’s water and sewer utilities, gathered in October to ponder updates to North Carolina’s water infrastructure master plan.

Disaster and Emergency Management 124

Disaster and Emergency Management Climate Change and Health Ageing and Health Water 124