North Carolina had the 10th-highest infant mortality rate among states in 2023, according to the North Carolina Child ...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reached a $750,000 settlement with the family of Professor Zijie Yan, who ...

North Carolina state health officials have unveiled a new plan to combat the rising suicide rates among Black youth.

A public health crisis is brewing as the number of registered organ donors falls and transplant waitlists grow.

A transgender Western Carolina University student and local LGBTQ+ advocate is speaking out after the Trump administration’s ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announces the NC Black Youth Suicide Prevention Action Plan amid a ...

The child care industry has been sounding the alarm for years now, but with federal stabilization grants drying up a few ...

Kimberly McMillian Stroud, a 55-year-old mother, was arrested last month on child neglect charges after refusing to pick up her 14-year-old son from Novant Health in Charlotte following his discharge.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, collaborating with the First Lady Anna Stein and Shatterproof, ...

The “Press 3 option” at the lifeline is gone, but NC public health leaders have trained call takers to work with LGBTQ+ people in crisis.