Cancer

The study found military personnel stationed at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers. The list includes some types of leukemia and lymphoma and cancers of the lung, breast, throat, esophagus and thyroid.

The General Assembly was expected to pass a state budget by July 1. Now, it could be weeks until a budget is approved and state health officials can start rolling out Medicaid expansion.

In 2007, as a college sophomore, Andrew Satterlee was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. Now, he's researching ways to help treat it.

Montross is a radio analyst for UNC game broadcasts and works for the Rams Club, the fundraising arm of UNC’s athletics department. Montross is a two-time Associated Press second-team All-American and was part of UNC's 1993 NCAA title winner.

WRAL-TV reports Since Nov. 8, the town of Pittsboro has been performing almost-daily tests for 1,4-Dioxane after the City of Greensboro warned communities downstream of contamination in the Haw River.

A year after South Carolina native and "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer, stats show colorectal cancer is killing Black men in neighboring North Carolina disproportionately.

Sen. Thomas Tillis says he's got prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week in North Carolina to treat it.

Susan Wind’s daughter was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer at 16 years old. Soon after the family shared the news, Wind started hearing from her…

Susan Wind’s daughter was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer at 16 years old. Soon after the family shared the news, Wind started hearing from her…

In North Carolina, firefighters are taking steps to address high cancer rates among their ranks. Firefighters are more likely to be diagnosed with and die…