2+ week, 5+ day ago   (214+ words) The accreditation confirms that the programs meet CAAHEP’s national standards for EMS education and provides students with an educational foundation designed to prepare them for careers in the field. “This accreditation is an important step forward for our Advanced EMT…...

3+ week, 31+ min ago   (554+ words) Most people picture a doctor’s office or emergency room when they think about healthcare. But for thousands of North Carolinians, the most crucial care happens in the comfort of their home. Medicaid home and community-based services allow those with disabilities…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (394+ words) TARBORO — Edgecombe Community College is partnering with regional organizations on an 18-month initiative to create clearer career pathways into healthcare for residents in rural communities. Vichi Jagannathan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Rural Opportunity Institute, said students frequently express interest…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (234+ words) WILSON — Wilson Medical Center hosted N.C. Rep. Dante Pittman on Friday, Aug. 14, for a roundtable discussion addressing the growing mental health crisis in the region and across the state and the potential impact of House Bill 1104. The bill, which improves…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) The recent clamor for more affordable healthcare is deafening — and far too often, unserious. Railing against “the system” is easy. Looking honestly at who built it, who profits from it and who refuses to fix it is harder. The answer…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (549+ words) It’s sad that Cozell McQueen didn’t live to see Sept. 8. That’s the date when the North Carolina Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit pitting McQueen and most members of North Carolina State University’s 1983 men’s basketball national championship team…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (486+ words) WILSON — Prosecutors have dismissed 200 charges of identity theft, obtaining property by false pretenses, insurance fraud and practicing medicine without a license against a Wilson County woman only to indict her on 24 new charges in connection with the same set of…...