Advocates say school-based telehealth care reduces absenteeism, ensures students receive routine care, and can even boost test scores.

The legislation would increase state oversight of local social services departments' work on foster care and find placements more quickly.

Federal workers, grant recipients worry as they await details of a restructuring plan promoted by US DHHS Secretary Robert F.

As Christmas nears, many children will be anticipating a visit from Santa. But despite drops in North Carolina’s unemployment rate and a slowly recovering economy, many of North Carolina’s children ...

North Carolina’s men seem to be doing better than the state’s women in getting exercise and improving their life expectancies over time. And while all of North Carolina’s counties saw increases in ...

Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene, the battered facility is treating hundreds of thousands of gallons daily — and preparing for what’s next.

As NC delays setting limits on 1,4-dioxane, utilities like CFPUA face mounting costs to protect drinking water from upstream pollution.

Former EPA employees warn that rural communities across the United States will be left with fewer protections.