A bipartisan trio of state senators are sponsoring a bill to help more children and adults on Medicaid get oral health care.

Every three days, a North Carolina baby dies in an unsafe sleep environment. That’s more than 100 babies every year. Less than two weeks into 2026, a Cary infant was found dead after falling asleep in ...

After intense lobbying, proposals to scale back property and sales tax exemptions for nonprofit North Carolina hospitals do not advance.

Iryna’s Law was initially criticized by some for not allocating more funding for mental health services across the state. Mental health experts told NC Health News that what they believed was urgently ...

NC cannabis council hopes to make legalization of tightly regulated marijuana use for adults part of policy discussions among lawmakers.

Analyses of emergency room use and a doctor’s scramble to reopen his clinic raise questions ahead of the next big storm.

The southeastern region of the state faces a significant shortage of physicians that leads to issues affecting patients in the area.

FAYETTEVILLE — Proposed monitoring and minimization rules for industrial dischargers of 1,4-dioxane and the public sewage plants that accept those facilities’ waste fail to protect North Carolinians’ ...

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 ...