More doctors are using artificial intelligence to record patient visits, saying the tools save them time and allow them to be more present.

The new Trump administration will set the agenda for health policies in the coming year. How will that affect North Carolina?

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

When the NC Health News team took a stab at the start of the year at predicting what health-related issues would guide our coverage throughout 2024, there was no question that politics and the ...

The goal is to use Black beauty spaces to increase awareness of vaccines that reduce serious illness from respiratory viruses.

Tests have detected PFAS in private wells and in drinking water sources that are tapped by hundreds of public utilities throughout the state.

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 ...

Three weeks after Helene hit western North Carolina, Marcia Whitney thought she was close to a breakthrough. The president of Verner Center for Early Learning was desperate to reopen and help their ...

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 ...

This story was produced through a collaboration between North Carolina Health News and Climate Central. Climate Central’s Jennifer Brady and Elizabeth Miller contributed data reporting. As president ...