Henderson County (Jun 11, 2021) - North Carolina Health News In 2004, two weeks after her high school graduation, Brittany Stone was driving to pick up her younger sister from vacation Bible school during a storm. She hit a pothole and lost control of her vehicle. In the accident, she suffered a traumatic brain injury.
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Shari Webb (left) and Rholanda Artis (right), both employees at the Whittecar Group Home, share a moment with residents Brittany Stone and Mike Johnson. Photo credit: Mona Dougani
In 2004, two weeks after her high school graduation, Brittany Stone was driving to pick up her younger sister from vacation Bible school during a storm. She hit a pothole and lost control of her vehicle. In the accident, she suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Seventeen years later, Stone has landed a place at Whittecar Group Home in Raleigh, where she and five other residents get the help they need to live their lives. For the most part residents at the group home can take care of their basic needs, but Stone, for example, has trouble washing her back and hair because of tremors. She uses a walker to get around, but she does chores around the house. She canât drive or run to the store independently.
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Even as vaccines temper the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States, North Carolina advocates gathered to remind lawmakers that the country remains in the middle of another pandemic.
The South is ground zero for new HIV cases within the United States, and the Tar Heel state is no exception.
âAfter last year, there are a lot of people out there who are probably walking around with an STI, hepatitis, or HIV who are not aware of it,â Jacquelyn Clymore, HIV, STD, and hepatitis director at the Department of Health and Human Services. She spoke during âHIV Virtually Speaks on Jones Street 2021â last week, an HIV and hepatitis advocacy day hosted by the NC AIDS Action Network (NCAAN) and the Southern AIDS Coalition.