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

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

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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

The controversial drugs are not yet approved by federal regulators, butadvocates hope a NC law would allow the state to be ...