Residency programs like one co-administered by the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority are critical in fixing the doctor and ...

Canceled grants and shifting federal priorities are halting progress — and prompting a legal fight to protect climate ...

Provisions in the senate budget would repeal NC’s hospital capacity regulation laws, trim vacant state jobs and increase child care subsidy rates.

Legislators first reduced that time during the pandemic. Since then, the crash rate among 16-year-old drivers has risen 13 ...

Bills in the N.C. General Assembly facilitate work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries if the federal government gives ...

An amendment that the bill’s sponsors said would address concerns on practice period wasn’t ready in time for Wednesday’s meeting.

Naloxone is a widely available medication that can bring someone back from the brink of death in minutes, but cost, stigma and other barriers have kept the opioid overdose antidote out of reach for ...

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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 ...

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 ...