Rural police departments in WNC say embedded social workers connect people with services officers can’t provide, ease crises and reduce repeat calls.

After the passage of a law that funnels more people into the involuntary commitment process, lawmakers hear from doctors & hospitals.

Ophthalmologist Jay Singleton is challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina's certificate of need statute.

Another nearly 100,000 students are likely missing out, but lack of knowledge, difficulty, stigma keeps them from signing up.

The ruling temporarily restores funding for an intensive autism therapy after families warned reduced rates would disrupt care.

Premiums and prescription prices are rising for North Carolina Medicare enrollees in 2026 as plan choices narrow and benefits shift.

Single-use, compostable and recyclable takeout containers are on their way out at some North Carolina universities.

Virginia Gilbert was shocked and angry after she learned last week that premiums for her Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance policy will more than double next year, jumping from $930 to $2,042. She ...

HCA growth comes amid complaints, legal action about declining care at Mission in Asheville, other WNC hospitals.

On a Sunday evening in July, about 30 residents from around Sampson County gathered at Byrd’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Rose Hill, about 20 miles from the county seat of Clinton, to hear ...

A new report by Disability Rights North Carolina found that a legal tool used to hold patients against their will for psychiatric treatment is frequently misused — violating patients’ rights and ...

Grace, 11, still has nightmares about the emergency room. After she tried to take her own life in May, Grace spent three days at Atrium Health Brenner Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem. The other ...