Jail-based programs aim to reduce load at state psychiatric hospitals, allow people to proceed more quickly through the court system.

New treatment programs in jails and the community seek to reduce wait times and take a load off the state’s three psychiatric ...

Medicaid expansion, reimbursement, dentists, NC Oral Health Collaborative, NC Dental Society, House Bill 60, federal budget ...

At least one other patient death mirrors the conditions that led to a man dying in a Mission Hospital ER bathroom this month, they said ...

Atrium Health files two separate requests for sales tax refunds, likely allowing it to avoid a state limit of $45M on sales ...

Auditors: Lack of timely inspections, follow-ups to complaints meant bad actors were able to get away with violating ...

RFK Jr., fluoridation, drinking water, Lincoln County, ban, community water system, Juneau, Union County, oral health, ...

North Carolina's (mostly free) mental health crisis services are expanding. Here’s what they do and how to find them.

The study showed that medicine used to help asthma patients for more than 20 years could lessen or prevent acute allergic ...

An analysis of more than 4,000 beauty and personal care products marketed to Black women revealed that nearly 80 percent of them contain toxic chemicals, according to a report released by the ...

The Trump administration will likely allow states to impose Medicaid work requirements, but some states have found it to be complicated.

Addiction Professionals of North Carolina launched a public awareness campaign about patient brokers, who refer patients to certain treatment facilities in exchange for kickbacks.