State House, Senate pass legislation that would regulate pharmacy benefit managers, which manage prescription drug benefits ...

Residents and researchers teamed up to show the airborne spread of pig poop from nearby factory farms in Duplin County.

Spending plans proposed by N.C.’s House of Representatives and Senate effectively eliminate funding for the first-in-the-nation program.

Moore pointed to organophosphate poisoning, for example, which tends to have symptoms that can overlap with other diagnoses, ...

The pharmacy giant manages the prescription drug benefit for the State Health Plan, but contract negotiations are at an impasse.

Disability Rights NC spent a year investigating the state’s overuse of the legal procedure, which leaves patients locked up at a high cost with few rights.

Many folks in NC can’t access Ozempic due to limited insurance coverage. But policy changes and falling prices may expand ...

After a deadly E. coli outbreak, federal officials hid the grower’s identity and cut food safety efforts — leaving families without answers.

Partners were told Healthy Opportunities will end July 1 because proposed state spending plans eliminate its funding.

Federal funding helped Kirsten Bryant launch her lab. Her work is leading to treatments to help pancreatic cancer patients ...

The news coming out of the federal government these days has been testing the mettle of food program administrators — especially as the U.S. Senate takes up cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition ...

As extreme heat approaches, North Carolina officials warn federal cuts could weaken vital health and safety programs.