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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

A lawsuit filed earlier this month seeks to stop Atrium Health from taking control of organ donation services at partner hospital Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. For 40 years, ...

This article was written with the support of a journalism fellowship from The Gerontological Society of America, The Journalists Network on Generations and The Silver Century Foundation. Kristin ...