The former DHHS head returned to North Carolina to highlight work to address the social issues that often lead to health inequities.

What’s at stake for health policy as the players and power centers shift at the state and federal level, and how will it affect NC?

Expert explains the crucial role cadaver dogs have played in finding victims’ remains in the storm's aftermath.

As North Carolina prepares to roll out its new medical debt relief plan, a poll shows many families are feeling the strain of rising health care costs ...

Even though almost 57 percent of North Carolina voters have cast their ballots, Election Day will be busy. WASHINGTON (AP) — North Carolina voters will cast ballots for president and governor in the ...

"Child care access is an economic development issue," said Samantha Cole, child care business liaison at the N.C. Department of Commerce.

Q&A with an embalmer from a funeral home in Ashe County, who cared for bodies by flashlight as Helene's floodwaters rose.

Biden administration keeps working to reduce the nation’s vulnerability to lead, but relief can’t come soon enough for some.

Public health experts worry that giving the prominent anti-vaccine activist such influence could lead to “severe health consequences.” ...

Like many people and business owners in western North Carolina left to pick up the scattered pieces after the remnants of Hurricane Helene pummeled the region, dentists have had to pivot to tend to ...