NC Health News

Tens of thousands of beneficiaries with extensive care needs are expected to be moved to tailored plans on July 1.

State health officials, alarmed by the growing number of cases, have launched a social media education campaign, a new website, and are working on other ways to reverse that trend.

Atrium and Novant won’t sell their debt to a charity that buys medical debt and forgives it, saying they already have charity care policies. A retired Atrium physician is on a quest to change that.

Residents of the Navassa community are contributing blood and information to learn about their level of exposure to PFAS contamination.

Time spent in prison and jail often worsens mental health. Researchers and advocates say more data and transparency is needed to better understand and reduce in-custody suicides.

Increased reimbursement for psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, substance use treatment professionals and others may lead more of them to accept Medicaid — expanding access to care for state residents.

As the climate warms, labor advocates say more protections for workers will help employers too.

The new law was passed in the waning hours of the legislative session, but advocates worry it may go too far and hurt mental health patients.

Forty-one years after protestors marched for six weeks to oppose what they saw as environmental racism, Warren County activists look to take a leading role in the evolving environmental justice movement.

Reproductive health care providers say NC’s new abortion law makes it harder for patients to obtain care and for providers to offer it. Data shows a 31% decline in abortions one month after law took effect July 1.