Anne Blythe | North Carolina Health News
Anne Blythe, a reporter in North Carolina for more than three decades, writes about oral health care, children's health and other topics for North Carolina Health News.
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State officials are putting the final touches on a plan to provide more and better home-based and community care for residents with traumatic brain injuries and intellectual and developmental disabilities. -
Calling problem gambling a public health issue, many in North Carolina are getting ready for an onslaught of helpline calls and increased need for addiction treatment. -
Farmworker José Arturo Gónzalez Mendoza died Sept. 5 after harvesting sweet potatoes in a Barnes Farming field in Nash County. Migrant workers and advocates are now calling for measures to protect workers from extreme heat. -
Despite the well-documented problems and lawmakers’ promises to bring relief, North Carolina has been slow to get air conditioning throughout a prison system that houses more than 31,000 inmates. -
Advocates for disabled and older voters in North Carolina are monitoring new election laws to ensure everyone is able to cast their ballots. -
For several decades, North Carolina has ranked in the bottom 25 across the country for the number of dentists per 10,000 people in the state. -
New North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley, who grew up without health insurance, wants to apply aspects of the state’s pandemic response to other health issues. -
The delta variant and reopening of schools has many on the hunt for COVID-19 tests.
