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.

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’ ...

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

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

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

After spending six months examining the state’s involuntary commitment process, a special North Carolina House committee released a list of recommendations on Tuesday aimed at improving the state’s ...

Lawmakers urged to improve data systems and invest in research to better understand intersections of mental health and criminal justice systems.

NC emergency room doctors and nurses say HBO's The Pitt captures the chaos, the strain and the human moments that define their work.