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Raleigh News & Observer

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Here are the best-rated nursing homes in the Triangle, according to US News

Most seniors want to spend their remaining years in their homes. But, for many, that’s not always possible. People over the age of 65 are one of the fastest growing demographics in North Carolina, and some will need to rely on nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other senior care centers for help as they age. In 88 North Carolina counties, there are more people over the age of 60 than there are people under the age of 18, according to state data. U.S. News and World Report released its 2027 ratings of the best nursing homes on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with 78 nursing homes in North Carolina among the top of the 403 nursing homes rated by the company. Nursing homes, sometimes called skilled nursing homes, provide 24-hour medical care for long-term or short-term rehabilitative stays for people who need a high level of medical care. This is often the highest level of medical care a person can receive outside a hospital. Earlier this year, The News & Observer created a complete guide to finding a good senior care facility in the Raleigh area, including options besides nursing homes , checking facility inspections and key figures on local senior

North Carolina · 3d

The Ledger News

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Granville Health System announces 2026 3rd quarter DAISY Award honoree

Granville Health System has announced its third quarter winner of the DAISY award. Georgina Reyes, BSN, RN, was awarded The DAISY Award on Nov. 3.

Granville County, NC · 2d

wcti12.com

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From regional hospital to major medical center: ECU Health marks 75 years

When did ECU Health perform first U.S. robotic heart valve surgery?. GREENVILLE, Pitt County — ECU Health Medical Center celebrated 75 years of serving eastern North Carolina on Friday, Nov. 13, recognizing the hospital's growth from a small regional facility into one of the state's leading academic medical centers.

Greenville, NC · 3h
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$30 Million Rehabilitation Hospital Planned For Smithfield; 100 Jobs Expected

SMITHFIELD, N.C. – A healthcare company plans to invest approximately $30 million to build a new medical rehabilitation hospital in Smithfield, creating an estimated 100 jobs with an average annual salary of $80,000. ClearSky Health, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has announced plans for a 36-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital...

Smithfield, NC · 1d
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Raleigh News & Observer

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Duke Foundation leader says rural NC needs more hospitals - Today in Triangle History

A daily look at some of The News & Observer’s headlines on Nov. 13 in past years. On this day in 1926 , The News & Observer published a story about the Duke Foundation chair advocating for having money collected by churches go not toward building new church buildings but building a hospital in Durham County. W.S. Rankin spoke at Trinity Methodist Church in Durham, sharing his concerns that the church was “becoming so absorbed in the formalities” that it was not creating resources to help physically ailing people. Rankin shared stories about visiting poor people on the county’s outskirts who couldn’t afford medical diagnoses and didn’t live near hospitals. He said although North Carolina churches had been building hospitals, there needed to be more in other regions. “They have built them in Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and other places where half of the beds are vacant the year round, while in other places the suffering continues without relief.” Charlotte Speedway manager considers yearly races Also in 1926, Charlotte Speedway manager C.W. Roberts announced that the facility was considering hosting events just once a year. A race held the day before had 7,500 attendees, numbers much smaller than the usual turnout. Roberts

Durham County, NC · 12h

Raleigh News & Observer

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WakeMed agreed to cap future price increases in Atrium merger. But who will enforce it?

WakeMed agreed to cap potential price increases in its merger with Atrium Health, but the actual language around those price caps hasn’t been released, leaving the public in the dark about how they could work. One UNC professor says questions remain about how those caps would be enforced and who they would apply to. And Rob Stephens, organizing director at the patient-advocacy group The Patients Union, said how the caps would actually function is unclear. “Patients deserve better than vague promises,” Stephens said in an interview Tuesday. Gov. Josh Stein’s office dropped oppositio n to the merger after securing a commitment to price caps from both nonprofit hospital systems. What do the price caps actually do? According to a Wake County news release, both Atrium and WakeMed agreed “for five years following the closing date, the negotiated reimbursement rate for services provided to patients who are not on Medicaid or Medicare (Part A or C) shall not increase more than 1.5 times the Medicare Payment Update for the service in that fiscal year.” What this means is for five years after the final approval of the merger, WakeMed would tie its prices to what the federal government pays hospitals for

Wake County, NC · 12h

National Enquirer

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Community College Professor Faces 30 Years in Prison for COVID Relief Fund Scheme That Netted $150,000

A North Carolina woman is facing a potential sentence of three decades in prison for trying to defraud the federal government to secure COVID relief funds. On Monday, November 2, the United States Attorney’s Office East District of North Carolina announced in a press release that Pamela Humphrey, a Fayetteville Tech Community College Professor, had […]

Robeson County, NC · 8d

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Duke Health plans new hospital near Research Triangle Park

Duke Health wants to build a new hospital in southern Durham County, close to Research Triangle Park. It's filed plans with state regulators for a five-story medical center on Page Road. If approved, construction on Duke Health at RTP would begin in 2029, with a 2031 opening date. The new hospital would be across the street from Duke Health Arringdon, which is home to several primary care and specialty practices.

Durham County, NC · 1d

nceatandplay.com

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NeighborHealth Center in Raleigh Offers Accessible Healthcare For the Whole Family

I recently had the opportunity to tour NeighborHealth Center in Raleigh and it left a lasting impression on me. While I love sharing about food and fun in our state, it’s also important to me to highlight valuable resources for locals. I truly believe that healthcare is something every...

Raleigh, NC · 2d

NC Newsline

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North Carolina vows to hold Chemours accountable for contamination ‘no matter how long it takes’

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.— North Carolina environmental regulators this week sent a scathing critique to Chemours, which is responsible for contaminating at least 10 counties with toxic “forever chemicals,” arguing that […]

North Carolina · 1d

WRAL

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New documentary revisits North Carolina's 9-year fight against forever chemicals

Nearly a decade after North Carolinians learned their drinking water had been contaminated with industrial chemicals for years, a new documentary is examining how it happened, the people affected and the ongoing fight to hold polluters accountable. GENX: The Saga of Forever Chemicals, premiering Friday in Saxapahaw, traces the contamination...

North Carolina · 1d

WITN

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Healthy Opportunities Pilot Program is coming back in 2027

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The NCDHHS announced that it is relaunching a program that will deliver healthy food boxes to eligible NC Medicaid members in 33 counties. The Healthy Opportunities Pilot (HOP) Program is expected to relaunch in early 2027, though a date has not been announced, according to the NCDHHS in a press release. An investment of about $25 million will support the program.

Raleigh, NC · 3d

Raleigh News & Observer

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Chemours' plan to clean up forever chemicals in NC is ‘deficient,' state DEQ says

A chemical corporation that knowingly leaked forever chemicals into North Carolina’s air and water for decades has been working on a long-term plan to clean up its mess. But now, state environmental officials say the company’s cleanup plan has stalled and doesn’t go far enough to remove toxic chemicals as required by law. The chemicals have spread through rivers and groundwater in the Fayetteville region, the lower Cape Fear River basin and throughout major aquifers that supply water to southeastern North Carolina. In comments sent to the chemical company Chemours on Monday, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality identified nearly 40 specific ways that Chemours needs to expand or strengthen its cleanup plan. “Today’s direction to the company makes clear that DEQ expects Chemours to clean up all the areas they have polluted,” DEQ secretary Reid Wilson said in a Monday news release. “DEQ will hold Chemours accountable no matter how long it takes.” PFAS, known as forever chemicals for their inability to break down in the environment, can be extremely toxic to human health when consumed at high concentrations. PFAS have been found to increase the risk of some cancers, weaken the immune system, and cause reproductive and developmental

North Carolina · 3d

caro.news

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Wake County Overhauls EMS Emergency Response System

Wake County officials reviewed changes to the county's emergency medical services system during a presentation Monday at a Wake County Board of Commissioners Public Safety Committee meeting. The presentation focused on EMS response times, emergency call prioritization, coordination with local fire departments, and patient outcomes as the county continues to grow.

Wake County, NC · 6d

Technician Online

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Local groups protest Atrium Health-WakeMed merger over concerns about community control and costs

In 2024, Forbes Advisor ranked North Carolina as America’s most expensive state for healthcare. For over 60 years, WakeMed has positioned itself on providing exceptional quality, price transparency and unwavering community support as Wake County’s largest hospital network. On May 6, 2026, WakeMed announced a merger with Atrium...

Wake County, NC · 10d

ABC11 Eyewitness News

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North Carolina early voting tops 2 million as voters cite economy, health care concerns

More than 2 million North Carolinians cast ballots during early voting ahead of Election Day.

North Carolina · 13d

Raleigh News & Observer

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Why DEQ trusted a Raleigh real estate agent with the site of a massive hog waste spill

Four years ago, millions of gallons of hog waste spilled from a Wayne County hog farm and into a nearby swamp. But this year, the same hog farm has continued to leak sludge into public waterways and violate its environmental requirements, racking up thousands in fines. The farm’s new owner, who bought it at auction in 2024, hasn’t paid any of these fines, nor has he submitted several requested reports to the state. In fact, the farm’s new owner has never run such a farm himself. He’s a Raleigh-based real estate agent named Wallace Green operating under the name Biox Renewables, a one-person limited liability corporation that has no website and no office. The farm, formerly called White Oak Farms, is home to an anaerobic digester — a device that captures the methane from hog manure and turns it into renewable energy. Businesses that own a farm with a digester are subject to supposedly strict permitting requirements. Green, however, has faced few consequences for failing to comply with those requirements. He doesn’t have any full-time employees overseeing the farm’s pits of hog waste. He’s over a year behind on submitting required documents to the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, prompting

Wayne County, NC · 13d

The Financial Wire

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WakeMed hospitals in Raleigh rejoined UnitedHealthcare’s employer plans October 15 but stay out of network for its Medicare Advantage members, who can switch by December 7

Same hospital system, two different answers. WakeMed’s Raleigh hospitals returned to UnitedHealthcare’s network on October 15 for people with employer-sponsored plans. They remain out of network for people in UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plans, who have until December 7 to switch. What the October 15 contract changed WakeMed and UnitedHealthcare signed a new multi-year contract for... The post WakeMed hospitals in Raleigh rejoined UnitedHealthcare’s employer plans October 15 but stay out of network for its Medicare Advantage members, who can switch by December 7 appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Raleigh, NC · 19d

The Robesonian

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Preparing for the future of rural healthcare

PEMBROKE — Youssef Houissa spent part of his summer trying to answer a question facing rural hospitals across North Carolina: How do you

Pembroke, NC · 20d

CBS 17

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NC has 7th longest ER wait times in nation; Durham County has 2nd longest in state: Study

North Carolina has among the longest emergency room wait times in the nation, a study has found.

North Carolina · 21d