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March 11, 2021

American Rescue Plan Act Provisions to Increase Access to Affordable Health Insurance

By Brieanne Lyda-McDonald

  Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act on March 10, 2021 and President Biden is expected to sign it into law by the end of the week. The legislation…

March 1, 2021

Immunizing North Carolina: Celebrating Our Wins and Maintaining Momentum

By Michelle Ries

  The March/April 2021 issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, “Immunizing in North Carolina,” addresses the historical context of vaccination in our state, including areas in which the state…

February 23, 2021

Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Social Drivers of Health

By Michelle Ries

  As COVID-19 case rates in the Carolinas rose through the summer and began spiking in fall 2020, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and the South Carolina Institute of…

February 16, 2021

NCIOM and NC Child Publish the 2021 Child Health Report Card

By Michelle Ries

  Published jointly by the NC Institute of Medicine and NC Child, North Carolina’s latest Child Health Report Card gives the state high marks for children’s health coverage, but also points…