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.

One month into the 2024 hurricane season, state and federal officials take a ‘safety first’ approach as rip current threats increase.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Raymond Velazquez stood in the Asheville post office in a daze. Holding a letter from the blood bank in his hands, he read the lines of print over and over: HIV antibodies had been detected in his ...