Funding cuts in the new state budget eliminate a 30-year-old program that has trained more than 1,600 environmental educators across NC.

For families of people with severe mental health needs, a frustrating pattern emerges. Mobile crisis teams come to the home repeatedly. Trips to the emergency room add up. Involuntary commitments lead ...

By Rachel Crumpler As last year’s state budget stalemate stretched into January of this year, N.C. Department of Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes laid out the crises facing her ...

A Wake County program collects unopened cafeteria items instead of the landfill, cutting waste and methane, advocates push to add dairy.

The NC Health News team shows off their 2025 NC Press Association awards. Front row from left: Editor and founder Rose Hoban, Will Atwater and Rachel Crumpler. Back row from left: Jennifer Fernandez, ...

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Cyclospora infects the small intestine, and usually causes watery diarrhea with frequent, sometimes explosive bowel movements. Other symptoms can include loss of appetite, substantial loss of weight, ...

In North Carolina’s largest jail, hundreds of people sleep on the floor on portable bed platforms. As of July 16, 2,146 people were in custody in Mecklenburg County’s uptown Charlotte jail — 242 ...