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Mission Health permanently shutters Asheville Specialty Hospital
The long-term care facility was the only one of its kind in western N.C.; patients will have to seek care elsewhere.
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How not to poison your family this Thanksgiving – Redux
Kate Houghton-Zatz undercooked the turkey and made her new in-laws sick. Don't make the same mistake this Thanksgiving!
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After Helene, clinician teams brought critical care to isolated WNC communities
State teams treated over 1,000 patients and navigated washed-out roads, providing life-saving care in areas cut off by ...
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Wastewater treatment in a box: Technology, engineers help Spruce Pine fast-track recovery from Hurricane Helene
Mobile wastewater units bridge the gap as the town brings its damaged sewage treatment plant back online eight weeks after Hurricane Helene.
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Study: Rural residents more likely to struggle with medical debt
According to new research from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, rural residents are not significantly more likely to be worried about their medical bills than their urban ...
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Interactive: Childhood Poverty in North Carolina – County Data
As Christmas nears, many children will be anticipating a visit from Santa. But despite drops in North Carolina’s unemployment rate and a slowly recovering economy, many of North Carolina’s children ...