NC Health News
APRIL 18, 2025
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.
Association of Health Care Journalists
APRIL 1, 2025
health insurance system. Fifteen years ago, when Congress passed the ACA (officially the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ), journalists and consumers recognized that the law provided Americans with health insurance choices that were previously nonexistent. Cut the number of Americans without health insurance.
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NC Health News
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Department of Public Safety , which runs juvenile detention facilities, has filed a series of responses categorically denying the lawsuit’s claims of any policy or practice of regular solitary confinement for young people. The Department of Public Safety oversees 10 state-run detention centers and four county-operated facilities.
NC Health News
DECEMBER 21, 2024
by Lucas Thomae and Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press State oversight of nursing homes received a scathing performance audit, released on Wednesday. The DHHS Division of Health Service Regulations role is to routinely inspect those nursing homes and investigate complaints involving them. In 2018, the U.S.
University of Minnesota CIDRAP
OCTOBER 12, 2021
News Scan for Oct 12, 2021 lmclerno_91236 Tue, 10/12/2021 - 13:37 Bullet points Mental health and COVID-19 Politics and COVID public health policies Avian flu outbreaks in 2 nations Body Mental health worsened amid pandemic, especially in women, young adults An estimated 53.2 increase for anxiety).
BU School of Public Health Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Research Flavonoid-Rich Fruit Consumption in Midlife May Ward Off Late-Life Dementia A new study found that higher intake of flavonoid-rich fruits in middle-aged adults was significantly associated with a lower risk of dementia, compared to a low intake of these fruits.
Association of Health Care Journalists
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Evidence abounds that access to primary care improves health and lowers costs. And yet, only 5% of health care spending in this country goes to primary care, less than in any other Western democracy. Freyer is a health care journalist based in Rhode Island. Prior to that, he was CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island.
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