High Risk: Health care options for the uninsured
Volume
28
/ Issue 27
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With nearly 30,000 Buncombe County residents uninsured, Xpress speaks to local providers and cost-sharing networks whose services, woven together, create a social safety net beyond what the conventional insurance market offers.
arts
Colston, RBTS WIN and The Build release new albums
Hip-hop, electro-soul and rock are represented across these recent collections.Artists contend with ailments stemming from years of playing
Lyndsay Pruett and Cactus discuss working through performance-related injuries, while Caitlin Krisko shares tips on long-term vocal health.Around Town: Asheville Arts Council preserves George Floyd protest art with exhibition, auction
Asheville Area Arts Council preserves George Floyd protest art through gallery, auction. Plus, Zoom discussion focuses on Thomas Wolfe short story, local author looks back at 1960s, and HART Theatre…food
What’s new in food: Franny’s Farmacy South Slope grand opening
Franny’s Farmacy continues its expansion. Plus: Cultivated Community Dinner Series launches latest Spring Series; Asheville Truffle Experience returns; and plenty more!living
Sterilization options to stay child-free
When James Brinkmann was 17 years old, his friends started having children. He witnessed up close what parenting entailed and he knew he didn’t want it yet. “I saw the…Health checkup: Volunteerism and dance
Elle Erickson, founder of the local nonprofit The Booth Fairy Project, is know for her positive messaging. In conversation with Xpress, she notes the importance of volunteer work for one's mental health, the…Health checkup: Taking life day by day
WLOS anchor, Kristen Aguirre, touches base with Xpress about the mental and physical benefits she experiences through exercise, as well as the empowerment that comes in taking life day-by-day.Q&A with Fabrice Julien, professor of health communication at UNC Asheville
Public health is the science of improving health and safety within communities. Fabrice Julien, assistant professor of health and wellness at UNC Asheville, knows that it’s also an art. Julien…Health checkup: Listen to your body
Liz Roseman, founder of Sustainable Health Acupuncture, speaks with Xpress about unplugging, the importance of sleep and Chinese medicine.Health checkup: Wellness with compassion
Allé K (he/ him), a queer, anti-fat bias trainer transmasculine yoga teacher, shares his favorite mental health hacks and thoughts on approaching wellness with compassion.Health checkup: Taking advantage of what’s around you
Dr. Ashfaq Ahsanuddin, Western North Carolina VA Health Care System chief of staff, discusses the need to unplug, the joys of golf and taking advantage of your natural surroundings.Health checkup: Demystifying meditation
Brian O’Donnell, a pediatrician at Mountain Area Pediatrics, shares his thoughts on meditation, staying active and maintaining positive relationships.Health checkup: Joyful movement
Elizabeth McCorvey, a licensed clinical social worker, specializes in equine-assisted psychotherapy. She works primarily with members of the LGBTQIA community and people of color. Speaking with Xpress, she shares her thoughts…Health checkup: Improvisational dance and sharing your feelings
Local artist and longtime Asheville Fringe performer Amanda Levesque speaks with Xpress about improvisational dance and the push for making yoga popular and accessible to those in wheelchairs.news
Asheville Archives: Community objects to renaming Haywood Road, 1922
In the waning days of 1922, over 200 West Asheville residents signed a petition to rename Haywood Road to Main Street. Outrage ensued.Local nonprofits work to keep older adults engaged amid COVID-19 concerns
Local nonprofits working with the region's aging population discuss the unique challenges and opportunities experienced over the last two years.Where can uninsured WNC residents turn for health care?
Census data from 2019 show that almost 30,000 Buncombe County residents lacked health insurance, but options such as sliding-scale clinics and direct primary care offices aim to make health care…Q&A with Julie Silver, school nurse for Buncombe County Schools
Julie Silver wanted to be a school nurse from the time she was in nursing school. “It was fun because you got to do rotations through the different nursing careers…WNC teens face additional struggles during COVID
While the overall number of emergency department visits was lower in 2020 than in 2019, potentially due to people avoiding hospitals out of COVID-19 concerns, the proportion of visits by…‘Leaking’ Council faces ire over proposed food-sharing limits
“There are a lot of conversations that could have been had around this conversation that were limited — they were hindered, they were gaslit, they were triggered and electrified —…opinion
Letter: Don’t drink the water
"I myself have contracted blastocystis repeatedly and believe it may have been from this water."Letter: Practicing safe tech for a healthier new year
"Enhancing our health and wellness is at the heart of our new WNC-based nonprofit: SafeTech NC, with a mission to share why and how to use technology safely."From me to we: The quantum leap we humans need to make
"As eco-theologian Thomas Berry stated, it will require a universal leap of consciousness — a group effort — if we Homo sapiens are to have any kind of real future…Letter: COVID-19 vaccine adverse events need more analysis
"The COVID-19 vaccines were deployed because of the clear evidence of the serious effects of COVID-19 infections and adequate evidence that, in the short term, the benefit of the vaccines…Letter: Hoping Supreme Court requires fair district maps
"It is wrong for politicians of either party to create maps that serve themselves rather than their constituents."Letter: Thanks for focus on vaccine side effects and more
"I, like many others, also want to congratulate you on the thorough article about underreported vaccine side effects."