Reports this week of a fourth-year medical student at Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s impending graduation drew questions not only about why she was being allowed to graduate but also about how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is affecting those going into the medical field and the patients they will ultimately serve.
A unanimous three-judge panel has upheld five of seven newly constituted state boards Gov. Roy Cooper had targeted in a lawsuit. The Democratic governor had argued that all seven boards violated the state constitution because Republican lawmakers took away Cooper’s appointment powers.
The United States, including North Carolina, is facing a growing number of serious issues due to the millions of illegal immigrants that have come into the country since President Joe Biden took office, and experts say the problems are likely to get a lot worse.
Over the weekend two more promising young lives were snuffed out in what police speculate were accidental drug overdoses. In sleepy but growing Raleigh suburbs, young families are burying their children because drugs and fentanyl poisoning are quite literally claiming a generation of Americans. In this case, two young athletes died overnight on Saturday in...
The outcome of a legal dispute over a new hospital emergency department in Buncombe County could depend on a state law requiring a public hearing. The state Appeals Court will decide in the months ahead whether the absence of a public hearing jeopardizes the certificate of need for a new Mission Health emergency department in Candler.
A growing number of young adults are abusing a ‘gas station’ drug for its euphoric properties similar to opioids like heroin.
A Hendersonville hospital is asking the state Court of Appeals for permission to take part in upcoming arguments over a certificate-of-need dispute. The request follows the court’s recent decision to allow UNC Health to jump into the case.
Lawyers for UNC Health Care will explain their views about the state certificate-of-need law’s public hearing requirement on Feb. 20 at the state Appeals Court. The court issued an order Thursday giving UNC Health five minutes during oral arguments in the case Fletcher Hospital v. NC Department of Health and Human Services.
A New Bern eye surgeon challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law tackled the state’s arguments in defense of CON in a new court filing Monday. The state Supreme Court will consider the case in the months ahead.
Lawyers for the UNC Health Care System hope to take part in oral arguments later this month in a certificate-of-need dispute at the state Appeals Court. The dispute does not involve any UNC Health facilities or equipment. Oral arguments are scheduled Feb. 22 in the case Fletcher Hospital Inc. v. NC Department of Health and Human Services.
Suicides in Ag workers increase leading to a focus on mental health for farm workers.
