The head of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services is urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit targeting mental health services for foster children. DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley filed paperwork Monday supporting dismissal.
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DHHS employee fired over vaccine mandate, despite natural immunity
An employee of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services who was fired for not getting a COVID vaccine is speaking out.
First Distinguished OSHR Partnership Award presented to DHHS Deputy Secretary Ben Money
E. Benjamin (Ben) Money, Deputy Secretary for Health Services at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, today became the first recipient of the new Distinguished OSHR Partnership Award from the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources.
NCDHHS reaches milestone with P-EBT; $1 billion of food for more than 1 million children
As of April 27, 2021, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the NC Department of Public Instruction has provided more than $1 billion of groceries to more than a million children impacted by school closings during the pandemic. North Carolina was one of the first four states to receive federal approval of the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program when it launched.
CDC and FDA lift recommended pause of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following safety review
Following a thorough safety review, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration have confidence that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe and effective in preventing COVID-19 and recommend its continued use to prevent serious illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19.
Governor Cooper visits Buncombe County vaccine site as state continues to encourage people to get their Shot
Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen visited a vaccine clinic at Mission Health / Asheville-Buncombe Technical Conference Center (A-B Tech) to see people receive their vaccine.