New state initiative would make extra funding contingent on hospitals agreeing to cancel existing medical debt for low-income ...

Increased restrictions have ushered in a new landscape of care with patients navigating more logistical hurdles and travel.

Child care advocates have repeatedly sounded the alarm about how funding for child care centers will run out in July ...

Heat can be a stealth killer and accounts for more climate deaths than other weather-related event. It's a particular danger ...

U.S. Senate probe found 4 of the nation’s largest behavioral health companies - including Universal Health Services - put children at risk.

Rallying call for disability rights in N.C. draws response from advocates from around the country to press for services here.

N.C. Senate budget would temporarily fund child care for nine months, but the two chambers have yet to agree on a budget.

Staff at the Asheville hospital called police 25 times in 2023 over assaults; complaint filed with NC Department of Labor ...

The veterinary tranquilizer xylazine is increasingly part of the street drug supply in N.C., according to researchers.

The $31.7 billion budget proposal would also temporarily extend childcare funding and raise Medicaid provider rates.

N.C. is rolling out new Medicaid plans to provide more comprehensive care and case management for people who need help beyond the basics.

Update: The N.C. House of Representatives voted 70 to 46 late afternoon June 26 to override the governor’s veto of House Bill ...