Elizabeth Thompson | North Carolina Health News
Elizabeth Thompson is North Carolina Health News' Report for America corps member who covers gender health and prison health topics. Thompson is a UNC Chapel Hill graduate who has covered Texas politics for The Dallas Morning News’ Washington bureau, she's been a fact checker for The Raleigh News & Observer, and worked for GrepBeat, the tech news website.
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North Carolina lawmakers expect a bill that would make medical marijuana legal for a narrowly tailored group of people to come up in the state Senate in May. -
North Carolina banned forced sterilization in response to the outcry over its shameful eugenics program. But disabled people still don’t have full autonomy over their reproductive rights. -
A year after South Carolina native and "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer, stats show colorectal cancer is killing Black men in neighboring North Carolina disproportionately. -
Blue Cross NC will now include coverage for gender-affirming facial surgery and voice therapy for transgender and gender-nonconforming people as medically necessary care. The move comes after what LGBTQ advocates say was a record-breaking year for anti-transgender legislation, and they are celebrating a small victory in North Carolina. -
As an NC Senate bill that would legalize medical marijuana gains traction, advocates and businesses call for the narrow bill to be expanded, citing economic opportunity. -
The COVID-19 pandemic forced LGBTQ safe spaces to go online. Now that option may be here to stay.
