A Medicare Part D subsidy program is ending early, raising concerns about premiums and affordable drug coverage for North Carolina seniors.

A survey shows NC high school students' mental health is improving, but experts say more school psychologists and social workers is needed.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina secured federal recognition as a sovereign nation, but getting health care benefits may prove complicated.

States will have to meet a Jan. 1 deadline to implement new Medicaid work requirements, after a federal judge denied 25 Democratic-led states’ request to pause implementation of the rule.

New study finds that expanded access to Medicaid was related to a drop in suicide rates among men in only one group: white adults ages 35-49.

Hours before several hundred people packed the pews of a southeast Raleigh church to air their concerns about a potential combination of WakeMed and Charlotte-based Atrium Health, the heads of the ...

As North Carolina weathers one of its worst droughts in more than 18 years, farmers are seeing the results in withering yields of corn, fruits and other crops. This has affected their bottom line, to ...

The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives ...

In 2020, Charlotte businessman Michael Estramonte set out to build a nonprofit treatment center to create more space for kids in mental health crisis. The idea quickly won support from state and local ...

In late January, legislators met for the first time to discuss issues surrounding North Carolinian’s access to fresh, healthy food. The House Committee on Food Desert Zones, formed to study the issue ...