Chatham County’s family physician-led maternity unit offers a possible blueprint for filling maternity care gaps.

A ruling frees up billions for EV charging, offering hope to West End residents living with highway exhaust even as I‑77 toll lane plan looms.

After an early-career lesson, Teepa Snow built a national dementia care model focused on seeing the person, not the disease.

N.C.'s Perinatal Quality Collaborative lost funding in a budget fight between the GOP-led General Assembly and Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.

In North Carolina’s Buncombe County, home to Asheville and Mission Hospital, health officials had counted seven measles cases by mid-February and anticipated many more, according to state ...

A legislative committee examining the failures of North Carolina's mental health system is considering strengthening the state's outpatient commitment law.

Jay Ludlam’s departure comes as North Carolina's Medicaid program faces some of its biggest challenges yet. But he believes it’s in good hands.

People with mental illness cycle in and out of hospitals, ERs and jails. NC lawmakers on an involuntary commitment committee want to stop that, but it’s easier said than done.

In Asheville, a housing crisis is colliding with mold, a poorly understood health threat that ballooned in the wake of Helene.

A yearlong review by Disability Rights NC found stark differences among facilities, with some teens locked in their cells more than 22 hours a day.