A yearlong study finds an alarming trend about the distribution of microplastics in a remote section of a mountain watershed.
Organizations anticipate people having more health care needs as they wend their way through the storm recovery process.
Some companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans are face push-back for forcing patients to jump through hoops for care.
As he prepares to leave office, Gov. Roy Cooper reflects on the "uphill battle" for Medicaid expansion, his signature policy achievement.
North Carolina’s men seem to be doing better than the state’s women in getting exercise and improving their life expectancies over time. And while all of North Carolina’s counties saw increases in ...
Giving growers and farmworkers the skills to provide CPR to someone experiencing a cardiac event in the fields or housing ...
A federal lawsuit alleges that teenagers are put in solitary confinement, despite its demonstrated harm. State officials deny ...
As Christmas nears, many children will be anticipating a visit from Santa. But despite drops in North Carolina’s unemployment rate and a slowly recovering economy, many of North Carolina’s children ...
Whooping cough, which is rising nationally too, tends to peak during the fall and winter, so cases are expected to keep rising.