Grace Hayba

Raleigh

Health Reporter at WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)

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Weight loss drug coverage could return for some state workers under proposed NC budget

1 week ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

Millions of dollars in a new$32.6 billion state budget proposal could allow for the return of GLP-1coverage for some state employees. The state Senate proposed $25 million to be put toward providingcoverage of GLP-1 medications for state employees with the state health plan.
Local man defies cancer odds, advocates for crucial research funding amid NIH cuts

1 week ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

Four years after being given just two years to live, Lenny Santoro is still here. Multiple days a week you’ll find him at the Duke Health & Fitness Center in Durham. He rotates from machine to machine, doing a variety of exercises to keep up his strength after undergoing chemotherapy for prostate cancer. “I am in remission,” said Santoro. “I think it has everything to do with the trial involved with exercise.
Q&A: What to know about the measles outbreak, and how to protect yourself in NC

2 weeks ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

As a measles outbreak continues raging through the US, resulting in the deaths of three people, many North Carolinians are wondering if the state is prepared for an outbreak should one happen here.
North Carolina faces record flu deaths

2 weeks ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

A record 484 North Carolinians have died from the flu this year, and that number will likely rise in the coming weeks. The number is the highest since the state began reporting deaths in the 2008-2009 season. “Deaths always lag several weeks behind the peaks of the infection,” explained Dr. David Weber with UNC Health. “People start getting sick and that’s when they measure when they test positive or come through the emergency department, that’s the number you see peaking in mid-February.
NC bill could allow pharmacists to test and treat flu and strep throat

3 weeks ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

A new bill making its way through the North Carolina Senate is looking to expand the role of pharmacists when it comes to influenza and strep throat. Senate Bill 335 aims to allow pharmacists to test and treat flu and strep throat. Currently, patients must first go to a doctor’s office, urgent care, or emergency room to be diagnosed and prescribed medication.
Bill would set rules for labeling lab-grown and insect-based meats

3 weeks ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

A new bill moving through the state legislature is looking to make it easier for shoppers to differentiate between traditional meat products and those which are lab-grown. The bill aims to require manufacturers to include words like “lab-grown” or “insect-based” before traditional meat-related terms like “burger” or “steak.”The bill does not include terminology for plant-based products unlike similar bills that have failed in the past.
Durham church combats health inequities with innovative wellness ministries

3 weeks ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

A church in Durham is bridging the gap between health care and faith through wellness ministries. The River Church in Durham serves more than 1,000 people every year through their health initiatives including blood drives, radon testing, blood pressure checks, health fairs and more. Bishop Ronald Godbee told WRAL News that “it the church’s responsibility” to foster partnerships that make communities healthier.
Allergy season: Raleigh ranked among worst US cities for allergies, nurse practitioner offers tips

3 weeks ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

Allergy season is here, and many North Carolinians are turning to medication. CVS Minute Clinic Family Nurse Practitioner Kassidy Jacobs said this is the time of year when people start to come in with classic allergy symptoms. “The combination of watery-type things like watery eyes, runny nose [and] sneezing, that’s really the combo for allergies,” Jacobs said. The healthcare professional said the Raleigh area is known for being tough for those that struggle with allergies.
'Shark Tank' star Barbara Corcoran shares family's struggle with Alzheimer's

4 weeks ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

Alzheimer's is a disease that impacts about 7 million people across the country and their families. For "Shark Tank" entrepreneur Barbara Cocoran, it is something she and her family knows all too well. Her mother, Florence, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's about nine years before she died. "We just thought she had 'old people's disease,' which was to be more forgetful about her keys, names," Corcoran said.
5 years on, wife reflects on the family man behind NC’s early COVID-19 tragedy

1 month ago | wral.com | Grace Hayba

His name was Adrian Grubbs. Most of North Carolina first heard the 37-year-old’s name alongside the headline: Raleigh city worker becomes NC’s second coronavirus death. But his wife Chanda says she will always remember him as a loving husband and her children’s hero. “He was fun loving and most importantly he was a family man,” she shared. “He took pride in taking care of his family.