ECU Rural Family Medicine Residency Program Bringing Health Care to Underserved Communities

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and ECU Health launched a new Rural Family…

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NC Delegation Travels to AMA House of Delegates Interim Meeting – AMA Highlights

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Delegates to the American Medical Association (AMA) met in National Harbor,…

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Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Approved in UK. What Could this Mean for US?

  LONDON – Britain's medicines regulator has authorized the world's first gene therapy…

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WHO Makes Loneliness a Global Health Priority

"It is an 'underappreciated' threat to health that has now become widespread."     CNN —…

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NCDHHS: Historic Medicaid Reimbursement Rate Increases Coming Soon. Who Will be Impacted?

  RALEIGH -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) announced…

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Wild and Weird Biology: Have Scientists Discovered the First “Vampire” Virus?

  In March 2020, Tagide deCarvalho saw something truly strange - something she thinks no…

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Grifols Receives FDA Expansion Approval at North Carolina Site

Grifols's Clayton facility (image credit: Grifols) Grifols, a global leader in plasma medicines,…

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Is Life Expectancy Gap Between Men and Women Widening?

Study: Men in the U.S. are dying nearly six years before women (AXIOS - Jacob Knutson) -- The life…

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Lung Cancer Report Shows Troubling Statistics for North Carolina

  The American Lung Association in North Carolina released its 2023 “State of Lung Cancer”…

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Duke Scientists Create Brain Implant That May Enable Communication From Thoughts Alone

A device no bigger than a postage stamp (dotted portion within white band) packs 128 microscopic…

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