NCDHHS Releases Statement from State Health Director, Dr. Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson, on Increasing Access to Treatment for Syphilis As part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ ongoing effort to respond to the rise in syphilis and congenital syphilis cases and in...
North Carolina Treasury Secretary Dale Folwell, and now, challenging for the seat of North Carolina's governor visits with Eastern North Carolina NOW's publisher, Stan Deatherage, to discuss the multiple jobs of the Secretary, his commitment to performance, and that lurking elect...
Currently the executive vice president and CEO of Maryland-based Aledade Care Solutions, Cohen led NCDHHS from 2017-2021. She resigned in Nov. 2021. An internal medicine physician, Cohen led North Carolina's operational response to COVID-19, including hospital, testing, and tracing capaciti...
The vaccine data will be updated weekly on Tuesdays. NCDHHS will continue to expand the information provided as more people are vaccinated across the state. North Carolina's information on people vaccinated comes from the COVID-19 Vaccine Management System (CVMS), a secure, web-based syste...
Licensed childcare centers and Head Start pre-Kindergarten programs on public water supplies were identified within four North Carolina counties. Study invitation letters detailing the study were emailed to childcare centers (NC DHHS (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services), 2019). Follo...
the elderly and people with disabilities. You can apply anytime. To apply for Medicaid or CHIP call 919-212-7000 or visithttps://dma.ncdhhs.gov/medicaid.Since North Carolina expanded Medicaid effective December 1st, 2023, many low income people will now receive Medicaid instead of receiving a...
Private well water metal data were provided by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) within the Division of Public Health. The well water database contained metal concentrations collected from private wells across the state between 1998 and 2010 measured by inductively ...
Deaths from Unintentional Drug Overdoses in North Carolina, 1997-2001: A DHHS Investigation into Unintentional Poisoning- related Deaths. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Ser- vices, Raleigh, Available at: www.communityhealth.dhhs.state.nc.us...
and ethnicity data,“North Carolina continues to lead the country on data transparency with a focus on race and ethnicity data,” said NCDHHS Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. “More importantly, we use this critical data to drive our vaccine operations work to ensure eq...
In North Carolina, rural counties have a higher percentage of residents below the average poverty levels compared to both the United States and the rest of the state (United States Census Bureau); moreover, these counties have reported that 12–23% of the children ages 2–5 years in low ...