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Nearly 680,000 North Carolinians have gained health coverage since Medicaid expansion began in 2023. But the Republican tax and spending bill could unravel that progress and put rural hospitals at risk.

A report by NC Health News found nearly 68,400 people in North Carolina have lost Medicaid since the state resumed terminations in June — and 87% were the result of lots of unreturned paperwork. Researcher Tricia Brooks of Georgetown University joined us to talk more about this.

Up to 300,000 North Carolinians currently on Medicaid could lose full health care coverage, as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes and the continuous coverage requirement is lifted.

Disability Rights NC, which represented plaintiffs in the case, called the ruling "historic," while the state Department of Health and Human Services said the order could have negative consequences for the people it's trying to help.

North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday that it will now pay for residents to have at-home COVID-19 test kits mailed to them. The agency said in a statement that any adult can request a COVID-19 test kit be shipped to their home overnight and DHHS will cover the cost.

At first glance, North Carolina's updated County Alert System map appears to bear good news: all of North Carolina's 100 counties have moved out of the "red" zone indicating critical spread of COVID-19.

This past spring, as stockpiles of personal protective equipment ran dry, North Carolina spent more than $220 million on various supplies, sometimes at a hefty markup.

How many people have died of COVID-19 in North Carolina?Consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics,…

North Carolina health officials will allow the small Republican National Convention to have more than 10 people gathered indoors at a time, an…

The governor of a Southern state said he’s “hopeful” that reopening can start in a week – even as COVID-19 hospitalizations and the number of new cases…