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

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

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.

Legislation aims to increase oversight of hospital mergers, cap hospital CEO pay and add more accountability for hospital authorities like Atrium Health.

A Senate bill would require agencies to accept recent adult care home inspections instead of conducting new ones, prompting debate over resident safety.

The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors voted Thursday to let UNC-Wilmington move forward with the planning process for its proposed medical school. It’s the next step — though an ...

As Christmas nears, many children will be anticipating a visit from Santa. But despite drops in North Carolina’s unemployment rate and a slowly recovering economy, many of North Carolina’s children ...