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Health care providers and hospitals can use a new portal to request reimbursement for claims associated with COVID-19 testing and treatment of uninsured patients retroactive to Feb. 4, 2020.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 5:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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ECU psychologist offers tips for coping with COVID-19-related cabin fever, stress
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 4:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has two new mental health resources to support North Carolinians throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 @ 2:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Purple and Gold Bus Tour rolls through eastern North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 9:57 am
By: ECU News Services
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11 U.S. airports will receive flights carrying passengers from China
Published: Monday, February 3rd, 2020 @ 10:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mental health is an overlooked aspect of hurricane recovery
Published: Saturday, January 4th, 2020 @ 2:56 am
By: ECU News Services
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5 tips for celebrating the season when you or a loved one struggles with addiction
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 @ 8:37 am
By: ECU News Services
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Back@Home North Carolina, the first statewide disaster rapid rehousing program, has housed over 1,000 people displaced by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2019 @ 9:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received federal funding that will support a key goal of the state’s Early Childhood Action Plan and the Perinatal Health Strategic Plan, reducing maternal mortality.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump at the Announcement of State Opioid Response Grants
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 9:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Six rural North Carolina communities will share $1.2 million in federal grant funds to strengthen and expand their response to opioid use disorder with increased planning; prevention; evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment; and recovery service delivery.
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 10:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina families with young children can now take advantage of free online parenting support programs.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 3:36 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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FIGHTING THE OPIOID CRISIS: President Donald J. Trump’s effort to combat the opioid crisis is making progress and he remains committed to ensuring we end this crisis next door.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 9:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Year of Historic Action to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2018 @ 1:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina will receive $27 million over the next year to fight the state's opioid epidemic by getting people off opioids and preventing others from misusing them, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 11:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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As chief budget writer in the House, state Rep. Nelson Dollar is accustomed to dealing with big numbers.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 @ 8:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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From her 30-year career as a school nurse and nurse administrator, Terri Joyner knows that healthy children learn better- and that school nurses are key to making that happen
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2018 @ 9:54 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Two East Carolina University (ECU) faculty members were recently inducted as fellows in the American Academy of Nursing
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2017 @ 2:31 am
By: ECU News Services
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A professor of medicine in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has been appointed by President Donald Trump as the new administrator for the Health Resources and Services Administration
Published: Monday, July 3rd, 2017 @ 9:49 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Patients deserve better access to both life-saving and life-preserving health-care treatments
Published: Saturday, June 17th, 2017 @ 5:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Department of Family Medicine at East Carolina University has landed several large grants this year aimed at enhancing primary health care in rural areas.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:26 am
By: ECU News Services
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A $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enable East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine to offer more scholarships to economically disadvantaged students over the next four years.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 11:39 am
By: ECU News Services
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1st Street Investments has finalized a 10-year lease with Trillium Health Resources to consolidate and relocate its headquarters in a facility occupying an entire city block in the Uptown Greenville district.
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 3:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State health officials announced today that the state- and Medicaid-funded Local Management Entities/Managed Care Organizations providing mental health, intellectual and developmental disability and substance use services to North Carolina citizens will be consolidating into four service regions
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 11:48 am
By: Christopher Maye
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health announced North Carolina's Infant Mortality Rate for 2014 was 7.1 per 1,000 live births. This figure represents a slight increase from the lowest rates recorded; a rate of 7.0 per 1,000 live births for...
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2015 @ 11:17 am
By: Chris Downey
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Students and residents representing three of East Carolina University's health sciences programs recently participated in the university's first interprofessional virtual patient case.
Published: Sunday, April 26th, 2015 @ 12:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Approximately 375 undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars are expected to present their research and creative work this week to fellow students, colleagues, faculty and the community at East Carolina University's Mendenhall Student Center.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina's new Chief Justice Mark Martin wants to modernize the state's judicial system technologically as he seeks more stable funding for the courts.
Published: Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 @ 1:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A community service learning center providing expert dental care to patients in and around Robeson County will soon open its doors - the fifth of its kind to open statewide - following a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 2.
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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As the holiday season approaches, a multidisciplinary health care team at East Carolina University is helping patients balance celebration with self-care through a new cooking series called "Eat Right Now!"
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Public Health Division of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced that North Carolina's Infant Mortality Rate for 2013 was 7.0 per 1,000 live births.
Published: Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 @ 8:51 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 1:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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