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Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain

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Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain. Here's what you need to know.
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As fake insurance agents make their way across NC, here’s what to look out for

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North Carolina Insurance Commissioner warns of scammers posing as insurance agents. Here's what you need to know.
HEALTH - Cardinal & Pine

Biden campaign meets with faith leaders and community members in Rocky Mount

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Despite Biden’s policy achievements, this year’s presidential election between he and Trump remains a toss-up, with North Carolina serving as one of the key swing states that will determine the winner. Highlighting the stakes of the election, Harrison expressed his concern that the freedoms won in the past were at risk.
HEALTH - Cardinal & Pine

Facing backlash, fate of NC Republicans’ proposed ban on public masking is unclear

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But during the Covid-19 pandemic, many on the right took issue with mask mandates issued by state and local governments as part of their efforts to minimize transmission of the deadly virus. At the height of the pandemic, Reopen NC was a group dedicated to opposing business and restaurant closures, and even started a ‘Burn Your Mask Challenge,’ where participants would post videos burning masks to social media.
HEALTH - Cardinal & Pine

Opinion: Why North Carolina doctors are afraid of another Trump term

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As a health care provider, I vividly remember what it was like when Donald Trump was president. He worked to dismantle the progress we had made in eliminating discrimination based on preexisting conditions, tried to take away preventive care coverage like lifesaving mammograms and colonoscopies, and railed against health care coverage for millions of Americans.