Since Chantal and Helene drenched North Carolina, residents have been reassessing what it takes to stay safe as climate-fueled storms rage.

A new Wake Forest University medical school campus opened this week with a nontraditional training curriculum that includes digital dissections, robotic patients and problem-based learning.

Prison officials plan to install air conditioning for all prison beds by 2026 as heat poses growing health risks for ...

Environmentalists are suing to stop the flow of 1,4-dioxane from a nearby factory into Asheboro's drinking water supply.

Federal reforms force North Carolina to make tough decisions about Medicaid coverage, costs, and eligibility under mounting ...

Advanced practice nurses are required to have a contract with a physician to practice in NC, but they say it’s unnecessary ...

Officials warn that sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid, food aid and clean energy programs could unravel key safety nets ...

The state’s 2023 law permits abortions for “life-limiting” anomalies during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, but it leaves some people behind.

Rural community organizations could lose their mental health and substance abuse funding amid Trump administration budget ...

The 32-year-old program that supports community gardens, nutrition education and other community-based activities employs 176 people.

New members of the ACIP began their tenure by shifting the posture of the 60-year-old panel from support for vaccine advancement to doubt.

Money from the latest settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma will boost counties’ efforts to curb opioid addiction and overdoses, some of which have already led to innovative programs.