Money from the latest settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma will boost counties’ efforts to curb opioid addiction and overdoses, some of which have already led to innovative programs.

New data from the Environmental Working Group reveals only a fraction of sunscreens meet safety standards, with some posing health risks.

New members of the ACIP began their tenure by shifting the posture of the 60-year-old panel from support for vaccine ...

Lawmakers pass bill loosening child care regulations in effort to expand access — but without adding new funding.

Brewer was terminated by Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the vaccine advisory panel in June.

The proposed spending plan from the NC Senate would cut the entire funding allotment to the program for the next two fiscal years.

By Jaymie Baxley More than 670,000 North Carolinians have enrolled in Medicaid since the state expanded access to the government-funded health insurance program in December 2023. Medicaid expansion, ...

Some cuts proposed The Senate’s mini budget does reduce some funding compared with its earlier proposal. It would give about $6 million less over the next two years to the Partnership and Technology ...

North Carolina emergency departments treated an average 192 fireworks-related injury victims annually between 2020 and 2024.