If you do find yourself with a case, even one case, [it’s] a pretty massive response and takes a lot of staff,” state epidemiologist Zack Moore said.

Health care professionals, patients and even the governor are calling on North Carolina's congressional delegation to protect Medicaid.

NC's legislature redirected human trafficking initiative funds, causing delays that disrupted vital services for sexual abuse ...

Child care solutions are essentially, say WNC employers, who have been increasingly vocal this year about the need for ...

Reversing trend of NC rural women’s health care services drying up will require tracking, enforcement and incentives in ...

People with disabilities have come from across the state to press the legislature for funds for services, increased pay for ...

An organ procurement organization filed a lawsuit to stop Atrium Health from taking over organ donation services at Atrium ...

Creek and environmental cleanups reveal a growing plastic problem that advocates say lawmakers can no longer ignore.

Legislation would require retirement communities to increase their financial reporting and transparency — new rules experts ...

He founded the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation in 1996 and began to push for state legislatures to raise the tobacco sales age. At first, he had scant success. But in 2003, a town in ...

Inconsistent enforcement and penalty appeals mean some assisted living facilities get away with light punishments, advocates say.

Some weeks at the North Carolina General Assembly are busier than others. This week was one of those, in part because of the March 25 Senate deadline for filing bills. Senators filed 283 bills just on ...