RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a multi-year Direct Support Professional Workforce Plan.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2024 @ 12:26 pm
By: Kevin Smith
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144-bed hospital anticipated to open in Spring 2025
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 6:09 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Please see the attached announcement of Beaufort County’s New Emergency Management Coordinator and Operations Chief of Fire and Emergency Management.
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 12:46 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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144-bed hospital anticipated to open in Spring 2025
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 8:40 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Beaufort County Board of Health has appointed JaNell Octigan to serve as the next Beaufort County Health Director. She will assume her new duties January 1st, 2023, taking over for James Madson who is retiring at the end of December.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 @ 11:01 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Please see attached for updated Flu and Covid vaccine promotion regarding our drive thru clinics.
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 @ 4:26 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Beaufort County Board of Health Announces retirement of Health Director. Jim Madson is retiring January 1 after a noteworthy career which spanned 38 years in public health, 24 years in the Army as a Preventive Medicine Officer and 14 in NC.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 10:57 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Beaufort County Public Health Department plans to begin spraying for mosquitoes this week as conditions warrant
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2022 @ 2:27 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Beaufort County 1st Monkeypox Case Press Release
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 12:50 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released two funding opportunities to award a total of $6,755,000 to community-based mental health providers.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 11:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Families participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) can now use their benefits for a much wider variety of infant formula brands and types
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 11:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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RALEIGH – A group of students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) stepped into offices across the Division of Public Health within the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today
Published: Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 @ 7:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall on Wednesday, June 1, from 6-7 p.m. to discuss COVID-19 recovery
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 @ 2:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: June 1
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 @ 8:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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RALEIGH — More people in North Carolina will have better access to both the behavioral health and physical health care services they need through several behavioral health clinics across the state, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 1:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolinians start their summer voyages to beaches, lakes, rivers and pools this holiday weekend, officials at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services offer suggestions to maximize the health benefits of swimming and other water-based activities.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2022 @ 3:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On May 20th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in addition to the FDA, recommended a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 to 11.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: May 25
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 @ 5:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is advising people to not eat or serve certain Jif brand peanut butter products that are being recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 @ 2:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: May 18
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2022 @ 7:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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RALEIGH — Children ages 5 to 11 years old can receive a COVID-19 booster five months after the date of their most recent Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2022 @ 12:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCDHHS taking action to help increase access
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 @ 11:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is estimated there are more than 227,000 people living with viral hepatitis in North Carolina, and approximately half of people with chronic hepatitis are unaware of their infection.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 12:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Effective Monday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will temporarily assume leadership of child welfare services at the Bertie County Department of Social Services, as authorized under state law.
Published: Monday, May 16th, 2022 @ 10:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Next week, North Carolina's youngest children who are eligible for food assistance benefits will begin to receive extra monthly benefits tied to the COVID-19 pandemic for the 2021-2022 school year.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2022 @ 8:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: May 11
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 10:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today published Governmental Public Health: Workforce and Infrastructure Improvement in Action, a review of the public health workforce and infrastructure across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 1:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services team of Michael Dudkowski and John Stroup, III claimed top honors at the 30th Annual Paramedic Competition held this week in Greensboro, defending their title after winning the event in 2019.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 10:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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he North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it has been awarded $3.3 million to expand support for people in mental health crisis.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: May 4
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 5:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: April 27
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 7:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live Cafecito and Spanish language tele-town hall on Tuesday, 6–7 p.m. to discuss COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.
Published: Sunday, May 8th, 2022 @ 10:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19-related deaths added to COVID-19 Dashboard beginning with January 2022
Published: Friday, May 6th, 2022 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Aging and Adult Services is partnering with the N.C. Area Agencies on Aging and local service providers to distribute fans to eligible recipients through Operation Fan Heat Relief May 1–Oct. 31.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 10:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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