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Can Training Reduce Tension in Police Encounters With Disabled?
By Taylor Knopf After police shot and killed a Charlotte man who was deaf last year, some North Carolina lawmakers want to take a closer look at law enforcement mental health and disability training....
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Are GenX and Other Chemicals in the Air Near Chemours?
By Catherine Clabby State environmental regulators are investigating how to stop the release of air emissions carrying compounds related to GenX from the Chemours manufacturing site in Bladen County...
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Lawmakers Get an Eyeful During Remote Health Care Meeting
By Rose Hoban Members of a committee examining access to care for people in rural North Carolina hit the road last week, bringing lobbyists, lawmakers and legislative staff to Columbus County, two...
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New DHHS Map Puts Communities’ Needs in Sharp Relief
By Thomas Goldsmith additional reporting by Rose Hoban Looking for new locations where hunger hits the hardest, planners at Loaves & Fishes, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg County emergency food provider,...
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Hurdles to Testing Food for GenX
By Catherine Clabby Will Cain drove the carcass of a dead calf from Cumberland County to a state lab in Raleigh early this month hoping someone, someday can tell him if chemical pollution harmed it....
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In Rural Health, Location Matters
By Taylor Sisk Daily Yonder When it comes to your health, place matters. If you live in a rural county, the bottom-line truth is that you’re less apt to be healthy than if you lived in a more urban...
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Bill Would Study Rural Medical Education, Ease the Way for More Dentists
By Rose Hoban When it comes to health care, one of the biggest problems faced by rural residents often is finding a doctor, dentists or other practitioner near home. A bill unveiled in the waning days...
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Rural Hospital has Patients Headed to Walmart For Their Care
By Taylor Knopf Historically, the residents of rural Robeson County have relied heavily on the Southeastern Health Emergency Department for much of their medical care, even for non-emergent issues such...
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Spring Break For UNC Students Includes Matthew Relief
By Taylor Knopf This week, a group of UNC-Chapel Hill students piled into their vehicles and headed off for spring break. But instead of heading for the coast or mountains, their first stop was the...
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Investigating Heart Health for Lumbee Women
By Catherine Clabby When Tona Jacobs, the vibrant principal of Pembroke Elementary School, fainted twice at work five years ago, she figured she was just weak from giving blood earlier that day. But...
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Can Training Reduce Tension in Police Encounters With Disabled?
By Taylor Knopf After police shot and killed a Charlotte man who was deaf last year, some North Carolina lawmakers want to take a closer look at law enforcement mental health and disability training....
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Are GenX and Other Chemicals in the Air Near Chemours?
By Catherine Clabby State environmental regulators are investigating how to stop the release of air emissions carrying compounds related to GenX from the Chemours manufacturing site in Bladen County...
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Lawmakers Get an Eyeful During Remote Health Care Meeting
By Rose Hoban Members of a committee examining access to care for people in rural North Carolina hit the road last week, bringing lobbyists, lawmakers and legislative staff to Columbus County, two...
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New DHHS Map Puts Communities’ Needs in Sharp Relief
By Thomas Goldsmith additional reporting by Rose Hoban Looking for new locations where hunger hits the hardest, planners at Loaves & Fishes, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg County emergency food provider,...
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Hurdles to Testing Food for GenX
By Catherine Clabby Will Cain drove the carcass of a dead calf from Cumberland County to a state lab in Raleigh early this month hoping someone, someday can tell him if chemical pollution harmed it....
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In Rural Health, Location Matters
By Taylor Sisk Daily Yonder When it comes to your health, place matters. If you live in a rural county, the bottom-line truth is that you’re less apt to be healthy than if you lived in a more urban...
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Bill Would Study Rural Medical Education, Ease the Way for More Dentists
By Rose Hoban When it comes to health care, one of the biggest problems faced by rural residents often is finding a doctor, dentists or other practitioner near home. A bill unveiled in the waning days...
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Rural Hospital has Patients Headed to Walmart For Their Care
By Taylor Knopf Historically, the residents of rural Robeson County have relied heavily on the Southeastern Health Emergency Department for much of their medical care, even for non-emergent issues such...
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Florence: Nasty Water, Mounting Damage
By Staff at Coastal Review Online As floodwaters from Hurricane Florence continue to rise in some areas, clean water advocates, state regulators and national attention are turning to the nasty mix of...
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Residents of Counties Hit by Florence Can Get Extra Help with Food
By Thomas Goldsmith In the North Carolina counties hit hardest by Hurricane Florence, people who already get help buying food will be given more, and those not on a state or federal food program can...
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