NC prisons, trained peer observers — incarcerated people themselves — provide watch and support to those in mental distress on suicide watch.

A new bill in the state legislature would protect patients from surprise ambulance bills. Critics worry it will drive up ...

State House, Senate pass legislation that would regulate pharmacy benefit managers, which manage prescription drug benefits ...

The state dropped one spot to rank No. 34 in the national 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book, which tracks 16 indicators of child well-being.

Residents and researchers teamed up to show the airborne spread of pig poop pollution from nearby factory farms in Duplin ...

Parents facing their children's mental health crises wrestle with systemic barriers to getting their children the care they urgently need.

Moore pointed to organophosphate poisoning, for example, which tends to have symptoms that can overlap with other diagnoses, ...

Spending plans proposed by N.C.’s House of Representatives and Senate effectively eliminate funding for the first-in-the-nation program.

Many folks in NC can’t access Ozempic due to limited insurance coverage. But policy changes and falling prices may expand ...

The pharmacy giant manages the prescription drug benefit for the State Health Plan, but contract negotiations are at an impasse.

Partners were told Healthy Opportunities will end July 1 because proposed state spending plans eliminate its funding.

The news coming out of the federal government these days has been testing the mettle of food program administrators — especially as the U.S. Senate takes up cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition ...