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

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

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

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

Health care costs, medical debt, Hurricane Helene, Medicare Advantage, a proposed masking ban and abortion care were some of the top stories.

The respite house opening in Wake County signals North Carolina’s evolving approach to mental health, with the state ...

If we’re not open, none of the businesses are going to get their workers,” says Marcia Whitney, a western N.C. child care center president.

For as much cheer and joy as the holidays bring, they also can be hectic, stressful and emotionally overwhelming. There’s the rush to get ready, traditions to adhere to, and the parties and family ...

Uptown Charlotte and neighborhoods, including the Historic West End are hot zones, a heat mapping study reveals.

Ninety-five percent of incarcerated people in North Carolina will eventually be released back into the community — roughly 18,000 people return home each year from state prisons and thousands more ...