North Carolina was the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lambeth said lawmakers in some of the holdout states have been impressed with North Carolina’s decision to pass ...

Trump administration policy changes have been quick, but NC’s health care community say they’re paying attention & doubling down on basics.

It is a new approach to reentry, bringing resources directly to high-need areas to support more successful transitions to the ...

President Trump issued a directive temporarily halting communications, meetings and purchases related to federal health care ...

The $35 million project resulted in more spacious and temperature-controlled rooms that have ambient lighting, large windows, reclining chairs and privacy curtains around the beds.

By Emily Vespa This story has been updated with a response from the state Department of Health and Human Services. For more ...

Diondre Clarke, 60, started working as a direct care worker in home health care in 2013. She had taken care of her parents and grandmother when they were sick and found “a passion to help people.” ...

The recent fires ravaging Los Angeles have highlighted the dangers faced in firefighting — winds, fast-moving flames, smoke, chemical fumes — but it turns out that one of the most persistent hazards ...

The walls of Devdutta Sangvai’s office were mostly bare on his third day as North Carolina’s top health official. A physician, professor and former president of Duke Regional Hospital, Sangvai had ...

As Christmas nears, many children will be anticipating a visit from Santa. But despite drops in North Carolina’s unemployment rate and a slowly recovering economy, many of North Carolina’s children ...

North Carolina’s men seem to be doing better than the state’s women in getting exercise and improving their life expectancies over time. And while all of North Carolina’s counties saw increases in ...

Marina Drysdale, 61, moved to North Carolina in February 2022 to be closer to her family. She left behind her career as a health unit coordinator in Florida. But since moving, Drysdale hasn’t been ...