Several bills introduced in the General Assembly this session are intended to lower health care costs and make health care ...

House Bill 519 would expand parents’ access to their child’s medical care and information. Doctors, advocates are voicing concerns.

Lawmakers discussed bills that would ban homeless people from public sleeping/camping and require sports coaches to undergo safety training.

The state is in the middle of expanding the Raleigh facility, but recent moves by the Trump administration have thrown plans ...

Juvenile offenders languishing in NC prisons as adults have little hope for parole despite a mandate from the court system to do more.

Proposals to loosen staffing and capacity regulations come after the last round of state grant money for child care centers ended in March.

More than one in three abortions provided in NC last year was to an out-of-state resident — a reflection of dwindling access across the South.

The White House plans to defund Head Start. Over one million kids and their working parents could face hardship finding replacement care.

Next-generation mobile clinics may improve rural North Carolinians’ access to health care by providing access to high-tech care.

Medical students’ lack of exposure to the field and lower compensation are barriers to growing the geriatrician workforce.

Washington Regional Medical Center in rural Plymouth is a lifeline in a barren health landscape. But financial problems could threaten that.

Atrium Health launches the first hospital-at-home program in the nation for children. Many parents love the idea, while critics worry about the risks.