By David Rice Public Ed Works RALEIGH (May 29, 2025) – After 54 years with Type I diabetes, I am alive today only because of science and a loving mother. It’s science that started with research on dogs in Toronto in 1921-22.1 I was fortunate in high school to meet one of the researchers who… READ MORE
$420M for rural care
RALEIGH (May 16, 2025) – If there’s any doubt about where North Carolina’s health-care needs are worst, they’re in rural North Carolina. UNC System President Peter Hans highlighted the NC General Assembly’s investments last year in rural health care this week, pointing to collaboration between UNC Health, ECU Health and even Duke Health: $420 million:… READ MORE
UNC nurses head to Asheville
By Eric Johnson ASHEVILLE (March 26, 2025) – For more than 20 years, nursing has ranked as the most trusted profession in American life. And Lori Byrd is determined to keep it that way. “Sometimes it just helps people for a nurse to come in, sit down and talk to you,” explained Byrd, the associate… READ MORE
Holden Thorp: A ‘ruthless takedown of academia’
By Holden Thorp EDITOR’S NOTE: Former UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp is now Editor-in-Chief of the Science Family of Journals. He posted this yesterday. WASHINGTON (February 11, 2025) – Late last week, the Trump administration set off a frenzy in the US scientific community when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that indirect… READ MORE
NC Senate envisions UNC-ECU health network
RALEIGH (May 25, 2023) – There’s a big idea afoot in the NC Senate’s version of the state budget that would create an integrated network of UNC and ECU physicians, rural health clinics across the state and a half-billion-dollar new UNC Children’s Hospital. In conjunction with the expansion of Medicaid to bring federal dollars to… READ MORE
Leatherwood: Community colleges prepare health care workforce
By Dr. Laura B. LeatherwoodPresident, Blue Ridge Community College FLAT ROCK (November 23, 2022) – Educational institutions serve as a vital pipeline that feed much-needed talent into our health care system. That system is made up of a vital and complex network of individuals who safeguard the overall health and wellness of a community. For… READ MORE
Your health shouldn’t depend on your ZIP code
RALEIGH (Feb. 11, 2019) – If there’s one thing North Carolina can do to stabilize rural communities, speakers at the Institute for Emerging Issues’ ReCONNECT Rural & Urban forum agreed, it’s to expand access to health insurance. Dana Weston, the President and CEO of UNC Rockingham Health, noted that rural hospitals are frequently their community’s… READ MORE