The outgoing head of NCDHHS oversaw the implementation of Medicaid expansion while working to bolster behavioral health services ...

Barriers such as employers refusing to hire people with a criminal record and lack of transportation can make reentry an ...

If we’re not open, none of the businesses are going to get their workers,” says Marcia Whitney, a western N.C. child care center president.

Hurricane Helene displaced an untold number of residents in a rural region where homelessness was already on the rise.

Uptown Charlotte and neighborhoods, including the Historic West End are hot zones, a heat mapping study reveals.

The N.C. Child Fatality Task Force recently voted to support legislation to prevent child and youth access to intoxicating cannabis.

First Day and post-holiday hikes are beneficial for mental health, family dynamics, social connections and overall health.

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 ...

He’ll make America sick again,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of public health law at Georgetown University on RFK's vaccination stance.

The respite house opening in Wake County signals North Carolina’s evolving approach to mental health, with the state increasing investment in peer-run programs.

Cone Health hasn’t focused as aggressively on growth, but that could change now that a nonprofit spinoffof Kaiser Permanente is taking over.