Thirty-five years later, there's still no sidewalk in the mostly Black neighborhood where 6-year-old John Parker was struck ...

According to state statistics, the average salary for an early childhood teacher is around $14/hour. Even with those low wages, providers often can’t afford to hire more staff, meaning the demand ...

As western North Carolina residents describe trauma, stress and isolation after Hurricane Helene, experts anticipate that the ...

Infections, illnesses, stress-related maladies expected to impact local health systems after Helene; “We’re ready,” HCA official says.

After breaking away from Atrium Health, the doctors at Tryon Medical Partners are teaming up with a private equity firm in a move they say will help them reach more patients.

The only abortion clinic in the region is temporarily closed due to Helene, requiring abortion seekers to travel farther and incur more costs.

What would be your plan for ensuring the future security/ strength of Medicare? Bring everyone under one single payer healthcare plan. We do it with Medicare, the military and VA, we can do it for ...

Are there steps an AG can take to battle the fentanyl crisis? What would you do? The fentanyl epidemic must be a day one priority. It’s devastating our communities and we need to tackle it from the ...

What would be your plan for ensuring the future security and strength of Medicare? The greatest threat to Medicare is its escalating cost. As it becomes too expensive to maintain, it will not be ...

NC Health News reached out to Laurie Buckhout’s campaign multiple times looking for answers to our list of questions and received no response. To give readers information, we combed the internet and ...