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At a statewide meeting, business and health leaders addressed the pandemic-induced mental health crisis and talked about ways to encourage employees to get vaccinated.

Organizations like the Black Physicians Network help Black and other students of color through medical school

Hospitals are not overrun with COVID-19 patients like they were in the winter. But the virus is far from eradicated. That's encouraging some who were hesitant at first, to get the vaccine.

CarolinaEast Health System Signs Affiliation Agreement with UNC Health Collaboration will expand local access to more high-quality specialty services News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW BERN, N.C. and CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The CarolinaEast Health System (CarolinaEast) Board of Directors and the UNC Health Board of Directors announced approval today of an agreement for CarolinaEast to become part of the UNC Health family through a comprehensive a...

Jim Ware Free Press Correspondent The recent accreditation of UNC Lenoir Health Care’s bariatric surgery center as a comprehensive center is a point of pride not only for the hospital, but for bariatric surgeons Dr. Charles Moore and Dr. Joel Rose. The designation is the highest level of accreditation offered by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Moore said. “It ensures that there’s a level of competence, that there’s a level of quality that this program has now a...

Some COVID-19 restrictions in North Carolina were lifted Friday evening.

9:45 p.m. Cumberland County Schools - 43% of its 8,000 full-time and part-time employees have been vaccinated. At this rate, Director Of Health Services Shirley Bolden believes every employee who wants a vaccine will get one before their March 15 in-person start date. Durham Public Schools officials tell Eyewitness News 422 doses were given out to employees on Thursday. Johnston County has vaccinated more than 2,000 of their more than 5,000 staff. ABC11 reached out to Moore, Hoke, and Harnett C...

Ohio Health Dept. virtual town hall event stresses importance of getting Black people vaccinated The Ohio Department of Health held a virtual town hall via Facebook Live Monday night with black doctors, clergy members and activists – all in the hopes to get communities of color on board with being vaccinated. and last updated 2021-02-22 23:26:54-05 As Hamilton County moves to vaccinate against COVID-19, there are major disparities and distrust that stand in the way of herd immunity. One of...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. UNC Health Goes Live With NCCARE360 December 18, 2020 GMT CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 18, 2020-- UNC Health is pleased to announce that we went live with the NCCARE360 network earlier this month. NCCARE360 is a statewide coordinated care network that connects individuals to local services and resources with a shared technology. It is the first statewide electronic platform available to coor...

  We stand together in expressing serious concern with the Trump administrations vaccine distribution plan.  While we are encouraged by recent reports regarding the vaccines efficacy, there is urgent work to be done to ensure vaccination efforts are both expeditious and fair.    Governors need federal funding in order to execute comprehensive distribution plans to guarantee that all communities have access to the vaccine.  The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials estimates...