Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Avian flu now in North Carolina dairy herd: agencies try to ease fears

(828newsNOW) — Agriculture and public health officials were moving to alert and reassure the […]

North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services is giving $1.4 million to expand the hours of an RHA behavioral health urgent care center in Buncombe County, the department announced Tuesday.
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Behavioral health urgent care gets $1.4 million boost in Buncombe County

It’s in reaction to data showing a disproportionate number of people in mental health crisis being treated in hospital emergency departments.

MAHEC
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
MAHEC marks its half century in health care for WNC

The Mountain Area Health Education Center is commemorating its 50-year evolution into a critical player in community health for the region.

Mission Hospital
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
County joins suit, accuses Mission of ‘parking’ patients with EMS

Buncombe County has filed a motion seeking to intervene in the North Carolina Attorney General’s lawsuit against HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital, saying county taxpayers lost more than $3 million from emergency room delays that amounted to “parking” patients in the care of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel.

Mission Hospital
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Agency accepts Mission Hospital’s plan to address triage delays

Federal officials have accepted Mission Hospital’s plan of corrective action related to delays in triage and medical screening in the emergency department, although the facility still remains in jeopardy of having its Medicare provider agreement terminated by early  summer, according to correspondence obtained Monday by 828newsNOW.com.

Kristen Sikorsky and her mother, Lisa DeLaura
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Blood drive will pay back the Christmas ‘gift of her life’

A blood drive in Brevard on Tuesday will help a Florida woman pay back a gift she received last Christmas: a new chance at life.

Weaverville, N.C.
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
AdventHealth picks Weaverville site for new hospital

AdventHealth finally has settled on a site in Weaverville as the home to its new multispecialty hospital, ending a two-year long search that included lobbying by multiple communities. AdventHealth announced early Monday evening that the chosen site is located off U.S. Highway 25/70, west of Interstate 26.

Henderson County
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Henderson County gets new health director

A public health veteran with a statewide profile has been named the new Henderson County Health Director, effective May 6. David Jenkins, a 23-year public health veteran, currently serves as director of Stanly County Health and Human Services. His past experience includes work in New Hanover, Carteret and Scotland Counties.

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
What Causes Hives? What You Need to Know About Urticaria

Any sudden change in the skin’s appearance or texture can be highly worrying, and hives can appear very, very suddenly.

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