More rapid tests are coming. What’s the best way to use them?
By Rose Hoban In the coming days, people seeking a rapid test to see if they’re positive for COVID-19 will be able to put information into a federal website and ask for up to four rapid tests. Ten to...
View ArticleWalls around ‘hearing aids’ to tumble as some in NC trumpet warnings
By Thomas Goldsmith In this connected age, a measure of help for people with hearing loss might seem as close as an iPhone, an app and earbuds. With a coming federal rule change, North Carolinians...
View ArticleProviders worry as Medicaid winds down coverage for OT and PT done via...
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Before the pandemic, Valerie Fox almost never used telehealth — nobody did at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, where she works as a behavioral health...
View ArticleRefurbished walkers and wheelchairs fill gaps created by supply chain problems
By Kate Ruder Kaiser Health News DENVER — Michele Lujan needed a wheelchair for her 52-year-old husband who had been hospitalized with covid-19. But she had lost her job, and money was tight....
View ArticleThe benefits of treating patients at home instead of in the hospital
By Rose Hoban This past February, Betty Ratcliffe was headed off to western North Carolina to have a late winter getaway with her husband Jack. She and Jack stopped at the Publix to pick up their...
View ArticleBoth public and private agencies work to provide resources to support...
By Will Atwater One gift North Carolinians can be thankful for this holiday season is that the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was a quiet one. This is not an insignificant gift when you consider how...
View ArticleSampson County residents receive good news to close out the year
By Will Atwater One gray cloud hanging over many Sampson County residents’ holidays was the prospect that in the coming year, soil contaminated with creosote and a toxic brew of other chemicals would...
View ArticleFirefighters worry about chemicals in their gear, but alternatives could...
By Will Atwater Firefighter Jason Burns appreciates the attention that firefighting foam has received recently because long term exposure to it has been linked to cancer. However, he says he’s rarely...
View ArticleNeed to get Plan B or an HIV test online? Facebook may know about it.
By: Darius Tahir for KFF Health News and Simon Fondrie-Teitler for The Markup This article was co-reported by KFF Health News, a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues...
View ArticleA look at North Carolina’s first year with the 988 mental health crisis line
By Taylor Knopf It’s been a little more than a year since the launch of the new national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline number 988, and North Carolina saw a 31 percent increase in calls for support...
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