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FAYETTEVILLE – Cape Fear Valley Health has opened a new Psychiatry Residency Clinic to better meet the growing mental health needs of the community.

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RALEIGH — The COVID-19 shutdowns have ravaged rural health care.

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LAURINBURG — St. Andrews University, a branch of Webber International University, has been granted approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, and the North Carolina Board of Nursing to offer a bachelor of science in nursing degree program.

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The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients climbs.

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The world is reopening and I need to return to social norms and hygiene habits prior to COVID-19. Life after lockdown requires diligence to return to previous routines and schedules.

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CHERAW, South Carolina — When it comes to visiting their doctors’ office, most patients understand that time spent in the waiting room is a given. Regardless, longer appointment wait times in healthcare is a major source of dissatisfaction for patients. What if the waiting room could be skipped altogether?

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LAURINBURG — Effective Tuesday, Scotland Health Care System will ease some of its visitor restrictions by allowing certain patients one designated visitor.

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RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday signed a Medicaid transformation bill that ends years of wrangling with legislators over the issue.

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