Steps such as Medicaid expansion, extended postpartum coverage and loosening restrictions on CNMs, are considered promising efforts.

Missed appointments include treatment for tuberculosis, diabetes and serious injuries as fear keeps immigrants from seeking treatment.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

As open enrollment kicks off, the future of cost-saving subsidies remains unclear — and premiums could rise significantly.

Mecklenburg County commissioners chair Mark Jerrell said he is confident that Atrium Health will share data with him on the racial and ethnic makeup of the first class on the Wake Forest University ...