Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Office of Long Term Care. Effects of state minimum staffing standards on nursing home staffing and quality of care In 1989, NCDHHS began offering PCRS to clients who tested HIV ...
smokers. It is released from the ground into outdoor air but can accumulate and reach harmful levels when trapped in homes and other buildings. Additionally, the risk factor for lung cancer among current or former smokers of tobacco increases by 10 times if they live in a home with elevated...
An internal medicine physician, Cohen led North Carolina's operational response to COVID-19, including hospital, testing, and tracing capacities. She came to North Carolina after serving in the Obama administration, where led the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. During that t...
Eastern North Carolina Now The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging North Carolinians to be aware of the potential dangers of having wounds or cuts open to saltwater or brackish water following reports of three deaths due to Vibrio infections in North Car...
A list of hundreds of no-cost community testing events, free at-home tests and mail-in collection kits are available online at ncdhhs.gov/GetTested. Contact: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Email: news@dhhs.nc.gov Phone:(919) 855-4840 ...
communities across the state and our leadership in health disparities research. This partnership with the NC Department of Health and Human Services will reach individuals in areas where the impact of COVID has hit hardest and hopefully contribute to bendi...