by Rachel Crumpler Siler City, NC – Ellen Chetwynd, a long-time Chatham County resident, has already seen labor and delivery shut down once at Chatham Hospital. She gave birth to her daughter at Chatham Hospital in 1988 when it was…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County Public Libraries announces that blood pressure kits are now available for check out at each of its three branches, Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro, Wren Memorial Library in Siler City, and Goldston Public Library. Chatham…
Pittsboro, NC – The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has reported Chatham County’s first confirmed case of monkeypox. To protect privacy and in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Chatham…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) will be offering the QuitSmart program this fall to help Chatham County residents quit using tobacco. Tobacco use is “the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United…
By Michael F. Cannon Congressional Republicans have defeated a proposal by congressional Democrats to mandate that private insurance companies cap out‐of‐pocket spending on insulin by their enrollees at $35 per month. Republicans were right to do so. Government is already driving…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – I’m a liberty-minded conservative, not an anarchist. I think government is inevitable and necessary but its legitimate scope and practical competencies are rather limited. The many public-policy failures during the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the…
Pittsboro, NC – At a specially called meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Pittsboro on Thursday, June 30, 2022, the Board unanimously passed a resolution that officially requested that the Town’s water and wastewater utility be…
Siler City, NC – UNC Family Medicine is celebrating the first graduates from its Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Rural Health Track at Siler City. Morgan Layman, MD, Naeemah Munir, MD, MPH, and Emily Samson, MD, MPH, began their training…
By Theresa Opeka Raleigh, NC – A report released Wednesday by N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell shows how seven of the largest hospital systems in North Carolina profited from billions of COVID relief funds and Medicare payments. North Carolina State…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) began offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 6 months to 5 years on Friday, June 24, and will continue to offer the vaccine weekly for all individuals ages…