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North Carolina gears up for challenges ahead of Medicaid expansion on Dec. 1
By Jaymie Baxley If not for Medicaid, the majority of residents of Robeson County wouldn’t have health insurance. Fifty-four percent of people in this rural community — home to 116,530 at the 2020...
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Medicaid expansion is off to a strong start in NC
By Jaymie Baxley Nearly 273,000 people were enrolled in Medicaid on Day One of the long-awaited expansion that started Dec. 1, according to data released last week by the N.C. Department of Health and...
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Living under the shadow of PFAS: One family’s battle for clean water
By Will Atwater Vickie Mullins recalls a traumatic moment in her 8-year-old grandson’s life. She said the family, who live in Cumberland County’s Cedar Creek Township, near the Bladen County line,...
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Pedestrian and bicyclist deaths are up in North Carolina, and public health...
By Vibhav Nandagiri Steven Hardy-Braz rode more than 11,000 miles in the first 11 months of 2021. An avid road cyclist from Farmville, he took every precaution — reflective clothing, bright lights,...
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DHHS audit of mental health agency finds millions in payments to executives,...
By Rose Hoban Weeks before one of North Carolina’s state-supported behavioral health management agencies merged with another one in eastern North Carolina, there was a flurry of questionable financial...
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Rural North Carolina hospitals say recruiting surgeons is key to long-term...
By Rachel Baldauf Border Belt Independent Rural hospitals across the country often struggle to recruit doctors. Recruiting surgeons is even tougher. In southeastern North Carolina, the hospitals in...
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HIV and syphilis are on the rise in Robeson County
By Rachel Baldauf Border Belt Independent When Brenda Hunt helped start the Borderbelt AIDS Resources Team in 1996, the small nonprofit was the only place in Robeson County for people living with HIV...
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North Carolina’s poultry industry surges, but at what cost to health and...
By Will Atwater The Northern Red Cardinal has worn the crown as North Carolina’s official bird for eight decades, but judging by the numbers in a new report, another bird is king. In 2022 state...
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Robeson County parents say schools are failing their children with special needs
By Rachel Baldauf Border Belt Independent Eric Cromartie III thrived at Lumberton High School, where he maintained a grade point average above 4.0 and received academic awards. Cromartie, who has...
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UNC Health Southeastern updates maternity ward with a focus on comfort
By Heidi Perez-Moreno Border Belt Independent When Mary Campbell gave birth to her first daughter in 2021, her maternity room at UNC Health Southeastern was cramped and loud. The hospital’s thin walls...
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