1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1382+ words) North Carolina health officials are beginning to sketch out plans for turning the first wave of funding from a new federal program into on-the-ground changes for rural communities that have long struggled with provider shortages, hospital closures and limited access…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1028+ words) Since she was a child volunteering at soup kitchens and food pantries with her parents, Maggie Kane has carried a question: "Why was I on this side? Why am I so lucky?" The invisible line that separated those who served…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1109+ words) Mid-September signals the soon-to-arrive familiar fall rhythms: leaves preparing to turn from green to gold and crimson, pumpkin spice flavors reappearing on menus and migratory birds filling the skies. Along with these seasonal markers comes a more troubling one " the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1264+ words) The first domino fell when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn't renew North Carolina's $13.8 million HIV Prevention and Surveillance grant before it ran out on May 31." The second blow came when the North Carolina Department of Health and…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1211+ words) President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act is now the law of the land." Just before House Republicans cast their final votes to pass the legislation, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson declared, "We have a big job to finish, and that's…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1750+ words) From parents to politicians, anti-fluoride sentiment has hit the mainstream and is making its way into policy decisions across the state and the country. On Thursday, Florida became the second state in the country to ban fluoride in its public…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1792+ words) Jennifer Fernandez (children's health) is a freelance writer and editor based in Greensboro who has won awards in Ohio and North Carolina for her writing on education issues. She's also covered courts, government, crime and general assignment and spent more…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1621+ words) Jaymie Baxley is a lifelong North Carolinian and award-winning reporter covering rural health and Medicaid for NC Health News. He previously worked at The Pilot in Southern Pines, The Robesonian in Lumberton and The Daily Courier in Forest City. Reach…...