Rose Hoban

4 days ago | northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley |Rose Hoban |Grace Vitaglione

The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, a Medicaid program that addressed the nonmedical health needs of low-income North Carolinians, will cease operations July 1, according to an announcement obtained by NC Health News. The first-in-the-nation effort that has drawn national attention and praise was launched in 2022 and has provided assistance to across three largely rural regions of the state.

1 week ago | wataugademocrat.com | Rose Hoban

One night, not long after I'd graduated high school on Long Island, New York, a group of kids from a neighboring school went out to a well-known steakhouse in the town of Mineola for dinner. As they headed home that evening, they were driving down Herricks Road when the arms at the on-grade railroad crossing started to come down. Witnesses said their van swerved around the crossing arm and was crossing the tracks when it was hit by a Long Island Rail Road train going at full speed.

1 week ago | ashepostandtimes.com | Rose Hoban

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2 weeks ago | northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley |Rose Hoban

Sally Herndon has spent more than three decades working to get North Carolinians to quit smoking. As head of the state Health Department’s Tobacco Prevention and Control branch, she oversaw various initiatives aimed at reducing tobacco and e-cigarette use among young people. She was instrumental in efforts to reduce residents’ exposure to second-hand smoke, helping to marshal support for a 2010 law that banned smoking in bars and restaurants across the state.

4 weeks ago | northcarolinahealthnews.org | Rose Hoban

We’re in the middle of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), which this year has the theme of The Power of Nurses. The American Nurses Association says that it’s an occasion to focus on the contributions of nurses, but in North Carolina, those contributions could soon be harder to come by. Research shows that the state could face a shortage of as many as 21,000 nurses by 2033.