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“Nobody cares if we’re shuttled off somewhere”
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Jessica Aguilar has twin 10-year-old boys with autism. The family lives in Union County, just southeast of Charlotte. The boys require support workers to help them live...
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Crippling health workforce shortages mean hospitals can’t admit mental health...
By Rose Hoban Mental health patients in need of admission to state-run psychiatric hospitals across North Carolina might spend hours, days or even weeks in an emergency department, waiting for an open...
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During the pandemic, community health care workers provided a bridge to care...
By Isabel Lewis When COVID-19 cases put immense pressure on North Carolina health care systems, the state turned to community health workers to strengthen public health initiatives to slow the spread...
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What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?
By Julie Rovner KFF Health News For the first time since 2019, congressional gridlock is poised to at least temporarily shut down big parts of the federal government — including many health programs....
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‘Hard times on top of hard times’: lessons learned from families and child...
By Jessica Wakeman Three weeks after Helene hit western North Carolina, Marcia Whitney thought she was close to a breakthrough. The president of Verner Center for Early Learning was desperate to...
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Instrumental in Helene aftermath, Mission Health ‘back to their old ways’
By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press Asheville’s Mission Health has been trying to help the city recover in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene. But medical staff and state officials have...
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Medical examiners: Mission Hospital released more than 100 bodies before...
By Andrew Jones Asheville Watchdog Since 2021, Mission Hospital has released at least 111 bodies to funeral homes before a legally required medical examiner’s review, according to a list of issues...
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Proposed legislative reforms would loosen regulations on child care staffing...
By Grace Vitaglione Child care providers and advocates spent the last year sounding the alarm about potential closures and/or price hikes when pandemic lockdown-era federal funding for child care...
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Silence on E. Coli outbreak highlights how Trump team’s changes undermine...
By Stephanie Armor KFF Health News Colton George felt sick. The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt. He kept running to the bathroom and felt too ill to finish a basketball game....
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North Carolina braces for ‘another summer of record heat’
Coastal Review As North Carolina readies for another extremely hot summer, Gov. Josh Stein’s office warns that federal cuts could affect the state’s heat-related programs. The National Weather Service...
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