New research finds “sunny day” tides now flood some N.C. streets a third of the year, far beyond tide-gauge estimates, ...

North Carolina had the 10th-highest infant mortality rate among states in 2023, according to the North Carolina Child ...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reached a $750,000 settlement with the family of Professor Zijie Yan, who ...

North Carolina state health officials have unveiled a new plan to combat the rising suicide rates among Black youth.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announces the NC Black Youth Suicide Prevention Action Plan amid a ...

A public health crisis is brewing as the number of registered organ donors falls and transplant waitlists grow.

The child care industry has been sounding the alarm for years now, but with federal stabilization grants drying up a few ...

A transgender Western Carolina University student and local LGBTQ+ advocate is speaking out after the Trump administration’s ...

The “Press 3 option” at the lifeline is gone, but NC public health leaders have trained call takers to work with LGBTQ+ people in crisis.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and First Lady Anna Stein, in collaboration with Shatterproof, has ...

Kimberly McMillian Stroud, a 55-year-old mother, was arrested last month on child neglect charges after refusing to pick up her 14-year-old son from Novant Health in Charlotte following his discharge.