Morgan Casey
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she/her | CityView health reporter & RFA corps member | Former Howard Center investigative reporter and News21 fellow | Email me: mcasey@cityviewnc.com
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May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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About 17% of people in Cumberland County face food insecurity. One nonprofit is bringing community members together to build a garden where the hungry can access free fresh produce and meals. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/erbo...
Er’Body Eatz is using mutual aid to fight hunger
Er’Body Eatz founder J'Kwan Fulmore is rallying community members to build community gardens to provide the hungry with fresh produce.
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May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
About 17% of people in Cumberland County face food insecurity. One nonprofit is bringing community members together to build a garden where the hungry can access free fresh produce and meals. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/erbo...
70% of Cumberland County's drug samples sent to the UNC Street Drug Analysis Lab through November 2023 tested positive for xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer. FSU and C-FORT are partnering to study xylazine's true prevalence in and impact on the county. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/xyla...
FSU and C-FORT conducting one of nation's largest xylazine study
The team is researching the prevalence of xylazine and its effects on people who use drugs and the physicians treating them
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May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
70% of Cumberland County's drug samples sent to the UNC Street Drug Analysis Lab through November 2023 tested positive for xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer. FSU and C-FORT are partnering to study xylazine's true prevalence in and impact on the county. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/xyla...
The pending cuts to pandemic-era HHS funding didn't spare Cumberland County. If the cuts go through, millions of dollars going towards substance use disorder treatment services and communicable disease tracking in the county would be lost. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/hhs-...
HHS cuts could revoke $1.5 million from SouthLight
HHS cuts could mean a loss in SouthLight's services to those who are uninsured and unhoused, impact its Fayetteville office and more.
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May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The pending cuts to pandemic-era HHS funding didn't spare Cumberland County. If the cuts go through, millions of dollars going towards substance use disorder treatment services and communicable disease tracking in the county would be lost. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/hhs-...
As North Carolina faces a child care crisis, Cape Fear Valley Health and Cumberland County are ensuring employees have child care by expanding their in-house options. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cape...
Cumberland County employers tackle statewide child care crisis
Cape Fear Valley Health and the county government expand child care services for their employees amidst a statewide shortage of providers.
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May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
As North Carolina faces a child care crisis, Cape Fear Valley Health and Cumberland County are ensuring employees have child care by expanding their in-house options. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cape...
I broke the news that North Carolina is part of a federal model that negotiates the price of sickle cell gene therapy treatments on behalf of states. It's major news as the state had the second-highest number children born with the disease between 2016 and 2020. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/gene...
NC Medicaid to get cheaper gene therapy treatments for sickle cell
The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare services negotiated cheaper gene therapy treatments for NC Medicaid recipients with sickle cell disease
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May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I broke the news that North Carolina is part of a federal model that negotiates the price of sickle cell gene therapy treatments on behalf of states. It's major news as the state had the second-highest number children born with the disease between 2016 and 2020. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/gene...
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November 27, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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Like many counties across the country, Cumberland County doesn’t have enough resources to address the national mental health crisis.
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Over half of Cumberland County is worried about mental health - CityView NC
63% of county residents surveyed say mental health is a top health concerns but there are few local mental health resources to address them.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Like many counties across the country, Cumberland County doesn’t have enough resources to address the national mental health crisis.
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/comm...
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The state is asking Cumberland County to bring down its preterm birth rates. But the county would need to resolve other health issues, including diabetes and hypertension, before the early birth rates decrease.
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Why Cumberland can't bring down its number of preterm births
About one in every nine women had preterm births in the county last year. It'll take solving countywide health issues to bring the rate down.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The state is asking Cumberland County to bring down its preterm birth rates. But the county would need to resolve other health issues, including diabetes and hypertension, before the early birth rates decrease.
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Cumberland County has one of the highest rates of sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder, in NC. Yet, residents with the disease must travel over an hour to the nearest comprehensive treatment centers.
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No sickle cell disease treatment in NC county with high rates
Cumberland County ranks fourth for rates of sickle cell disease in North Carolina, yet there are no sickle cell specialists in the region.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Cumberland County has one of the highest rates of sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder, in NC. Yet, residents with the disease must travel over an hour to the nearest comprehensive treatment centers.
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