By Jennifer Fernandez Finding a way to fight pancreatic cancer is personal for Kirsten Bryant. She was studying cell biology at Cornell University and considering cancer research during the last year ...
By Anne Blythe Cheerwine, a cherry-flavored soda brewed in Salisbury for slightly more than a century, has become widely known as the “nectar of North Carolina.” On May 17, the Rowan County city held ...
By Jaymie Baxley and Rose Hoban Sally Herndon has spent more than three decades working to get North Carolinians to quit smoking. As head of the state Health Department’s Tobacco Prevention and C...
By Rachel Crumpler Demand for pasteurized donor breast milk is rising. More than 10 percent of babies born in North Carolina are premature, according to state data. In 2023, that meant 12,885 prematur...
By Will Atwater People who have been struggling to clean up decades of industrial pollution in the lower Cape Fear River basin are expressing their dismay and anger at a federal delay announced Wednes...
By Will Atwater People who have been struggling to clean up decades of industrial pollution in the lower Cape Fear River basin are expressing their dismay and anger at a federal delay announced Wednes...
By Sydney Brainard UNC Media Hub On Thursday, Florida became the second state in the country to ban fluoride in its public water systems, following Utah’s ban in March. Several other states, including...
This is the sixth and final post covering the Healthy Aging Checklist, a set of six core activities that will help any older adult maintain the best possible health while aging. They are: Promote bra...
By Trista Talton Coastal Review Online Federal and state efforts to limit the public’s exposure to “forever chemicals” through drinking water sources seemed to be gaining traction just a year ago. In...
By Mark Hibbs Coastal Review Online The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, speaking Wednesday during a Senate budget hearing in Washington, D.C., dismissed reports that the agency was weaken...