Officials and advocates say early detection, transparency and farm precautions are key to limiting risks to public health.

State officials say mobile units will deliver methadone and other medications for opioid use disorder to rural and underserved areas.

Getting sustainable funding through Medicaid reimbursement may be difficult in a state that took a decade to OK Medicaid ...

NC state health director issues standing orders that ease access barriers to COVID boosters for many residents ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reshapes federal vaccine policy and guidelines, NC physicians talk about practical effects and frustration.

As the state works to ramp up support for formerly incarcerated people, one nonprofit is hitting the road to fill in gaps and provide on-the-ground support.

A watchdog report finds NC among the many states struggling to keep “forever chemicals” from landfills out of rivers and ...

State’s lack of child psychiatrists, especially in rural areas, leaves pediatricians to face conditions beyond their ...