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NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

NC Health News

By Grace Vitaglione and Rose Hoban The North Carolina Senates proposed budget for the next two fiscal years is packed with policy around new health care initiatives, including repealing North Carolinas hospital capacity regulation laws, trimming vacant state job openings and increasing rates for child care subsidies. billion in the next.

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New Emory survey finds Americans agree on public health priorities: affordable care, food and water safety, chronic diseases

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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. Heres a few public health priorities that Americans can agree on: making health care more accessible and affordable, ensuring the safety of food and water, and fighting chronic diseases. Patrick said of the impetus for the survey.

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Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene

NC Health News

The landscape along the creeks and mountainsides has been forever changed. Everyone has had to adjust to these changes and more, even as they’ve dealt with similar problems at home. Meanwhile, crews continue playing whack-a-mole as aging lines break. Another one gave way in rural Yancey County on Nov.

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Extreme heat deaths and illness spark push in NC for federal heat protection standards

NC Health News

Department of Labor and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration extended the public comment period for weighing in on a proposed rule to better protect people from extreme heat in indoor and outdoor workplaces. Gonzlez Mendoza died as a result of a pre-existing condition, Payne said in a statement sent to NC Health News.