Firefighters, health officials and water safety advocates share tips for staying safe over the holiday weekend and summer.

It’s “go time” for North Carolina lifeguards. This weekend, with temperatures expected to reach 100 degrees across much of the state and throngs of people are expected to descend on its beaches ...

North Carolina's first full budget since 2023 reflects Medicaid expansion, Healthy Opportunities Pilot funding, SNAP changes and new federal health policies.

North Carolina could soon have new child motor vehicle passenger safety rules that put more emphasis on the height of a child than on their weight. Legislation that has been making its way through the ...

Eastern NC summer meal programs and pantries strive to keep hunger at bay for food-insecure children when school’s out as new ...

North Carolina bill restricts public homeless encampments and increases penalties for certain drug offenses near homeless service providers.

ECU Health has proposed converting Martin General into a Rural Emergency Hospital under a federal designation.

A bill to expand the use of involuntary psychiatric treatment in North Carolina, and further study the intersection of the state’s mental health and the justice systems, is well on its way to becoming ...

In a surprise move on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a proposed settlement with chemical manufacturer Chemours over the company’s contamination of major waterways in three states, ...

About a month ago, a young woman stopped by a bright green and blue bus parked outside the Alamance County Health Department, ...

The lawsuit, filed in federal district court, alleges the county has known for years that the landfill leaches PFAS into drinking water.

UNC Health, the University of North Carolina’s hospital system, has applied for permission to open a 92-bed hospital near downtown Asheville. North Carolina’s state-owned nonprofit health provider, ...