Often, farmworkers in the state on temporary visas are sent to fields to harvest crops in fields off of rural roads with names that are unfamiliar. The AEDs are portable — about the size of a laptop — ...

A federal lawsuit alleges that teenagers are put in solitary confinement, despite its demonstrated harm. State officials deny the claims.

Whooping cough, which is rising nationally too, tends to peak during the fall and winter, so cases are expected to keep rising.

State teams treated over 1,000 patients and navigated washed-out roads, providing life-saving care in areas cut off by ...

Dozens of rural water systems were knocked out by the remnant of Hurricane Helene. Full recovery may take years.

Kate Houghton-Zatz undercooked the turkey and made her new in-laws sick. Don't make the same mistake this Thanksgiving!

Mobile wastewater units bridge the gap as the town brings its damaged sewage treatment plant back online eight weeks after Hurricane Helene.

With more than 70,000 billing codes representing various treatments and procedures, there’s plenty of room for mistakes, said ...

The long-term care facility was the only one of its kind in western N.C.; patients will have to seek care elsewhere.

Amid a public health workforce shortage, a program aims to recruit and train new workers to meet urgent public health needs.

A new study found issues with access to healthcare, quality of care and affordability challenges that made it difficult for rural patients.