Researchers are investigating the residual effects of lithium mining — and shedding light on the potential impacts of future mining operations.

For low-income adults, no relief for extreme heat in their homes can mean more emergency room visits and higher health costs.

Paula Case knows the job of a medical examiner wasn’t meant to be easy. Since 2021 she has driven up and down seven counties of western North Carolina investigating deaths that are sudden, violent, ...

Public health workers say new restrictions on drug-checking supplies come as street drugs become more contaminated and unpredictable.

Schedule a well-child visit and ask your child’s doctor to fill out the North Carolina Health Assessment Transmittal Form, a health assessment document that becomes part of a child’s school record.

Crossnore President Brett Loftis, CEO Sarah Norris discuss professional foster parenting and its role in reforming NC’s child welfare system.

In Spring Hope, organizers hand out hydration packets, grow food, plan housing as NC farmworkers face heat stress, few legal ...

Lawsuits reveal allegations of preventable injuries and deaths inside nursing homes. Families pursuing legal action face barriers.

Next Steps by RREPS uses AI to create personalized plans for formerly incarcerated people navigating life after leaving prison or jail.

Outrage over the death of Moore County toddler Rylan Ott in 2016 compelled North Carolina on a path to improve its child welfare system. Nearly a decade later, the state has rolled out several of ...

The total compensation of Atrium Health’s top executives soared by an average of 41 percent last year, according to newly released data from the hospital system, but information about the salary of ...