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Data from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services shows more than 4,300 North Carolinians died from overdoses in 2022.
In an interview with WRAL on Thursday, Hill alleged that she and her organization had also received undue scrutiny from a North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services employee. Hill purported that the attention was due in part to her connection to Robinson.
Paul Specht and Laura Leslie, WRAL News
Bird flu has been identified in a dairy herd in North Carolina.
State officials are negotiating with Raleigh-based office developer Highwoods Properties to build some of the new 780,000-square-foot campus for DHHS on Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh, across from the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter
A new study shows nearly one in three child care providers in North Carolina could be forced to close this year without additional financial help from the state. Some advocates say a major overhaul is needed to stabilize the system.
Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol bureau chief
(CNN) -- The US Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidance on Monday clarifying that hospitals must obtain written consent for sensitive exams, such as pelvic, breast or prostate exams - especially if patients will be under anesthesia during the exam.
By Mira Cheng, CNN
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services found that Trails Carolina at Lake Toxaway violated licensing rules for mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse services.
Since enrollment for Medicaid expansion began on Dec. 1, 2023, more than 398,000 people have enrolled.
Grace Hayba, WRAL Health reporter
State Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley said he's happy with the enrollment numbers seen one year after Medicaid expansion.
Norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug, is making its rounds in the Northeast. In North Carolina, however, it's not nearly as widespread.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the latest data reported last week showed an average of 13.4% of tests were positive for norovirus.
Half the counties in North Carolina lack sufficient social service workers to meet the needs for child welfare and other services. That's according to DHHS Human Services Director Susan Osborne, who asked state lawmakers Tuesday to consider reinstating targeted aid to counties where resources are scarcest.
Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief
State health leaders are hoping to get foster kids out of DSS offices and into temporary emergency placements more quickly through an $8 million pilot program announced Friday.
Child care services that serve low-income families rely on a federal reimbursement to buy food. Those payments have been delayed twice in the last few months, causing a cash flow issue in an already struggling industry.
Travis Fain, WRAL state government reporter
Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.
North Carolina saw two more people die from a flu-related cause this most recent week, bringing the state to seven deaths for this flu season.
WRAL staff
UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health is a 54-bed facility located at 100 West H Street in Butner.
Ali Ingersoll, WRAL investigative data reporter
Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was in North Carolina on Friday bringing attention to efforts to expand access to health care in rural areas and lower prescription drug costs.
Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporter
Two adults in the western part of North Carolina died due to complications of influenza during the third and fourth weeks of October, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced.
WRAL Staff
NCDHHS said it shared its finding with the FDA, which issued an advisory warning.
The city of Raleigh is looking at how to transform Dix Park into a vibrant, spacious public park through a recent study.
Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter
Data shows guns have been the leading cause of injury death in children in North Carolina since 2020, and they're also now the most common method of child suicide.
Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief
A bill to give the state more oversight over county child abuse investigations, a proposal that had strong support at the statehouse after the death of an 8-year-old in Nash County, has been derailed.
