AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoSuicide Prevention & Social Ties: A new push highlights how loneliness and weak social connection can raise suicide risk, with Charlotte residents describing community rituals like light-rail trash pickups as protective. Maternal Health Funding: ECU Health won nearly $1.5M from the Duke Endowment for a text-and-phone screening and referral program aimed at improving maternal and infant outcomes across eastern North Carolina. Cancer Care Update: The FDA approved capivasertib plus abiraterone and prednisone for PTEN-deficient metastatic prostate cancer, backed by trial results showing improved radiographic progression-free survival. Extreme Heat Response: Triad cities are expanding cooling resources, including weekend cooling centers and heat-triggered alerts, to protect children, seniors, and people experiencing homelessness. Rabies Alert: Mecklenburg County reported a rabies-positive coyote in Huntersville, with at least one human and one vaccinated domestic pet exposed. Digital Safety Law: The NC Senate unanimously advanced a bill restricting social media accounts for kids under 14 and requiring parental consent for teens, plus AI literacy steps in schools. Food Safety Recall: FDA elevated a frozen pizza recall affecting 21 states due to possible metal fragments. Opioid Treatment Access: A major NIH grant aims to expand primary-care prescribing support for opioid use disorder treatment in about 40 clinics across Ohio and West Virginia.
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