People leaving North Carolina prisons are far more likely to die of an overdose in their first weeks back home. Prison officials are trying to reduce that risk by providing medications for opioid use disorder before release. #NC #Prisons #Overdose #Opioid #Addiction #Treatment
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04.12.2025 14:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The protesters were pressing the hospital authority board to honor affordable housing promises as the system reported soaring 2025 revenues. Meanwhile, union workers from affiliated facilities in the Midwest decried working conditions. #Atrium #Charlotte #Housing #HospitalAuthority
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04.12.2025 14:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NC physicians open up about how burnout takes a toll on their mental health and their ability to care for patients. #Doctors #Doctor #MD #Medical #Physicians #MentalHealth #Burnout
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04.12.2025 14:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Despite serving one of the communities hit hardest by fentanyl deaths, the Richmond County Rescue Mission has been denied settlement funds for two years. No one can explain why. #Opioid #OpioidCrises #Fentanyl #RichmondCounty #NC
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02.12.2025 13:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Woods’ compensation eclipses what other major North Carolina health-system CEOs earn. #Atrium #AtriumHealth #CEO #Salary
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28.11.2025 13:52 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Maggie Kane founded Raleigh’s A Place at the Table café to erase the invisible lines she saw in traditional soup kitchens and food pantries. Full story at www.nchealthnews.org
#Raleigh #APlaceattheTable #SoupKitchen #FoodPantry #Cafe #Food #Community
27.11.2025 16:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Maggie Kane founded Raleigh’s A Place at the Table café to erase the invisible lines she saw in traditional soup kitchens and food pantries. #Raleigh #APlaceattheTable #SoupKitchen #FoodPantry #Cafe #Food #Community
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27.11.2025 16:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Food insecurity rises, Medicaid cuts hit and essential services shrink as the legislature’s budget deadlock deepens strain on safety nets. #NC #Budget #NCPOL #NCGA #Deadlock #Stalemate
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26.11.2025 13:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Calls grow for Mecklenburg County to enforce Atrium’s housing promises
At a county commissioners' meeting, advocates pressed lawmakers to hold the health care giant accountable for promises tied to the Pearl.
Residents and advocates pressed county commissioners to use their limited oversight power to hold the health care giant accountable for affordable-housing promises tied to development of the Pearl. #Atrium #Mecklenburg
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25.11.2025 13:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New research shows how hurricanes can wash sewage, industrial chemicals and “everything in people’s garages” into North Carolina waterways, and how to prevent that in future storms. #HurricaneHelene #Helene #WNC #FrenchBroadRiver #PFAS #Contaminants #Toxins
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24.11.2025 13:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Experts warn new federal loan caps could make medical school less accessible and worsen doctor shortages nationwide. #FederalLoanCaps #LoanCaps #MedSchool #Doctors #DoctorShortage
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23.11.2025 13:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New AI-powered programs offer help to patients stymied by insurance denials. #AI #Patient #Doctor #Insurance #Health #NC
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22.11.2025 13:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Recent steps — including extended postpartum coverage and expanded midwife practice — are considered promising efforts to address key measures such as preterm birth and maternal mortality. #Maternity #MaternalHealth #Infant #InfantHealth #Midwife
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21.11.2025 12:37 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Missed appointments include treatment for tuberculosis, diabetes and serious injuries as fear keeps undocumented immigrants, legal residents from seeking treatment, providers report. #Immigration #Care #Health #MentalHealth #NC
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20.11.2025 12:30 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Rural police departments in western NC say embedded social workers connect people with services officers can’t provide, ease crises and reduce repeat calls. #CommunitySupport #MentalHealthMatters #PublicSafety #SocialWork #HelpingCommunities #SupportAndCare
19.11.2025 12:34 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Rural police departments in western NC say embedded social workers connect people with services officers can’t provide, ease crises and reduce repeat calls.
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#CommunitySupport #MentalHealthMatters #PublicSafety #SocialWork #HelpingCommunities #SupportAndCare
19.11.2025 12:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After the rushed passage of a law that could funnel more people into the involuntary commitment process, House lawmakers hear concerns from doctors and hospital leaders. #Psychiatric #Psychiatry #IrynasLaw #NC
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18.11.2025 12:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ophthalmologist Jay Singleton is challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina’s certificates of need statute. #EyeSurgeon #Ophthalmologist #EyeHealth #Health #NC
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17.11.2025 13:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Growth comes amid complaints, legal action about declining care at Mission, other WNC hospitals. #HCA #Mission #Asheville #WNC #Hospital #Health #NC
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16.11.2025 13:48 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Average payments for the policies will more than double, says an independent research group, and costs will be higher in WNC. #Buncombe #Asheville #ACA #Premiums #HealthInsurance #Health #AVLWatchdog #NC
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15.11.2025 13:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The ruling temporarily restores funding for an intensive autism therapy as families warn reduced rates would disrupt care and push some children toward institutionalization. #Medicaid #NC #Health #Insurance
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14.11.2025 13:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Medicare costs are set to rise in 2026, with higher premiums and fewer prescription drug plans available in NC. Reduced plan transparency could leave some beneficiaries paying more out of pocket if they don’t review their coverage during open enrollment. #Medicare #Premiums #Health
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13.11.2025 12:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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