By Will Atwater Ron Ross, 70, has spent decades in Charlotte’s Historic West End watching traffic thicken on nearby I‑77 and working alongside his neighbors to fight for cleaner air and a healthier future — one that includes electric cars. Now Ross and his neighbors are battling a North Carolina Department of Transportation plan to […]

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By Ashley Fredde Teepa Snow had been properly warned that “Ms. Jackson is on a tear” by the on-duty nurse when she strode into the room.  She recalls huffing in exasperation  and thinking in response “That’s because yall don’t know how to do this.” By her own admission, as a young nursing assistant she was […]

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By Jennifer Fernandez RALEIGH — A statewide group that has focused on improving the health of mothers and babies since 2009 has been winding down its work since it lost state funding last October. Work has been going on behind the scenes, however, to get that funding restored, legislators said last week.“Marty [McCaffrey] and I […]

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By Taylor Knopf As North Carolina lawmakers grapple with how to keep people with serious mental illness out of jails and hospitals, one intervention that has piqued their interest is forcing people into treatment through involuntary outpatient commitment. It’s a court-ordered program that requires individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness to follow an […]

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By Andrew Jones KFF Health News ASHEVILLE — At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boys sat in one waiting room and then another. Two hours and 20 minutes passed before the two were isolated, […]

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By Jaymie Baxley After three years at the helm, Jay Ludlam is stepping down as director of North Carolina’s Medicaid program. Ludlam’s tenure included North Carolina’s expansion of Medicaid, a decade-in-the-making endeavor that has given more than 710,000 low-income residents access to coverage since December 2023. As of February, people who joined the rolls through […]

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By Taylor Knopf Since November, North Carolina lawmakers have been grappling with the problems plaguing the state’s intertwined mental health and criminal justice systems during hours-long monthly meetings packed with presentations from experts and state officials.  Their goal? To address the revolving door of people with mental illness who cycle in and out of emergency […]

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By Katie Myers and Laura Hackett Grist Regina is haunted by the specter of mold.  She found the insidious spores in the closet, behind the refrigerator, and around the bathtub for two years after the dishwasher flooded her apartment in Asheville, North Carolina.  The infestation only got worse after Hurricane Helene. Rainwater rushed into her […]

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By Rachel Crumpler Teenagers in some North Carolina juvenile detention centers are spending nearly the entire day locked in their cells — sometimes allowed out for only one or two hours — according to a yearlong review of the state’s 13 juvenile detention centers by Disability Rights North Carolina. In a 52-page report published Thursday, […]

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By Jaymie Baxley Cole’s Pharmacy, a family-owned drug store in Person County, closed in early February after nearly 70 years, leaving many residents in and around Roxboro with a longer drive for medications and fewer local health care options. Robbie Carver, who managed the pharmacy with his sister, said the increasingly unpredictable reimbursements and fees […]

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