EMS leaders say they resort to wage and tax refund seizures because insurers often underpay, giving them no choice but to pursue patients ...

One woman found peace in the kitchen again — but the shelter that helped her is at risk of losing its funding.

A new bill in the state legislature would protect patients from surprise ambulance bills. Critics worry it will drive up ...

State House, Senate pass legislation that would regulate pharmacy benefit managers, which manage prescription drug benefits ...

Residents and researchers teamed up to show the airborne spread of pig poop pollution from nearby factory farms in Duplin ...

Four days before Transylvania County fatality, 16 months before suicides, treatment centers were told to cut staff ...

CleanAIRE NC’s new AirKeeper Dashboard offers neighborhood-level air pollution data amid regulatory rollbacks.

NC prisons, trained peer observers — incarcerated people themselves — provide watch and support to those in mental distress on suicide watch.

The pharmacy giant manages the prescription drug benefit for the State Health Plan, but contract negotiations are at an impasse.

Parents facing their children's mental health crises wrestle with systemic barriers to getting their children the care they urgently need.

Spending plans proposed by N.C.’s House of Representatives and Senate effectively eliminate funding for the first-in-the-nation program.

Moore pointed to organophosphate poisoning, for example, which tends to have symptoms that can overlap with other diagnoses, such as dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, confusion, headache and/or ...