For low-income adults, no relief for extreme heat in their homes can mean more emergency room visits and higher health costs.

Public health workers say new restrictions on drug-checking supplies come as street drugs become more contaminated and unpredictable.

Next Steps by RREPS uses AI to create personalized plans for formerly incarcerated people navigating life after leaving prison or jail.

Even as one school year is wrapping up, parents of preschoolers should be working on getting their kindergarten students ready for school in the fall. A key recommendation: Schedule a well-child visit ...

WILLIAMSTON — Two years after her brother’s death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his heart attack if her local hospital hadn’t closed. “The sad thing is we’ll ...

In Spring Hope, organizers hand out hydration packets, grow food, plan housing as NC farmworkers face heat stress, few legal ...

Lawsuits reveal allegations of preventable injuries and deaths inside nursing homes. Families pursuing legal action face barriers.

The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors voted Thursday to let UNC-Wilmington move forward with the planning process for its proposed medical school. It’s the next step — though an ...

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.