Wellness Task Force News Today

Durham minister Allen Jones made a passionate plea on behalf of families and survivors coping with grief and loss.

“Like so many survivors I know, my son died prematurely with a body burdened and sickened by lament.”

The community in Durham is hoping a newly released report will help provide solutions to issues that have plagued the Bull City for years.

The changes focus on policing, care for survivors of gun violence and wellness in schools. You can learn more at a Saturday meeting.

(RNS) — ‘I think that the difference, at this point, is that I am adding activism to advocacy,’ she said as she became NCC president after serving as interim leader.

Youth mental health was a burgeoning crisis even before COVID-19 closed schools and put a pause on social events. 

Brandon City Council will hear about local efforts to reduce the harm associated with drug use and a...

Durham County Board of Commissioners chair Brenda Howerton laid out a plan to expand funding to transit, broadband, and crime reduction initiatives.

Durham County’s district attorney tells U.S. House members there is “no evidence” that a rise in gun violence nationally is linked to criminal justice reforms.

Emory University has appointed M. Daniele Fallin, an internationally regarded researcher and educator, as the new James W. Curran Dean of Public Health at the Rollins School of Public Health. Fallin will join Emory July 1, 2022.