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Health FILE - President Joe Biden signs into law S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Health Here’s How the Biden Administration Has Tackled The Mental Health Crisis

The Biden administration has invested billions into improving mental health care in the United States.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson May 31, 2023 1:04 pm EDT
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community 3 Women’s Health Briefs for Friday, May 19

Stay informed and empowered with the latest women's health updates. From your mental health to your physical well-being, these health briefs are essential.

Lisa Hayes Lisa Hayes May 19, 2023 7:38 am EDT
Healthcare FILE - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a primary election night event hosted by the North Carolina Democratic Party in Raleigh, N.C., May 17, 2022. A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval Thursday, March 23, 2023, likely ending a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government's coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. Cooper, a longtime expansion advocate, is expected to sign the bill, which would leave 10 states in the U.S. that have not adopted expansion. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File)
Healthcare North Carolina Finally Approves Medicaid Expansion

For more than a decade, Republicans blocked a federally-funded expansion of healthcare to a half-million North Carolinians. On Thursday, they finally budged.

Associated Press Associated Press March 23, 2023 11:59 am EDT
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Mental health Crippling Health Workforce Shortages Mean Hospitals Can’t Admit Mental Health Patients—Even if Beds Are Empty

The NC Department of Health and Human Services' new bed tracker found that during the week of Feb. 20, 489 people were waiting to be admitted to one of the state’s psychiatric facilities, with 253 of them were waiting for a psychiatric hospital.  

Rose Hoban March 1, 2023 2:14 pm EST
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Health Teen Girls ‘Engulfed in a Growing Wave of Sadness, Violence and Trauma,’ Latest Youth Survey Shows

“These data show a distressing picture. America’s teen girls are engulfed in a growing wave of sadness, violence and trauma,” said Debra Houry, chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Jennifer Fernandez Jennifer Fernandez February 23, 2023 4:37 pm EST

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Climate President Joe Biden hands the pen he used to sign the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Climate 5 Ways Democrats Have Helped North Carolina Under Biden’s Leadership

The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress have passed an array of bills aiming to improve the U.S. economy and infrastructure, invest in physical and mental health, and combat climate change.

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Mental health It’s Ok To Look Away

For a minute at least. To be a change-maker, you have to take care of yourself too.

Billy Ball Billy Ball May 27, 2022 4:40 pm EDT