After an abnormal mammogram, a battle for care

After an abnormal mammogram, a battle for care

By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger Kimberly Sanders thought she was doing the right thing when she stepped into a mobile mammogram van parked outside her Charlotte workplace, a primary care clini...

Hard-fought environmental justice gains fall before shifting federal priorities, leaving communities in renewed uncertainty

Hard-fought environmental justice gains fall before shifting federal priorities, leaving communities in renewed uncertainty

By Will Atwater Last week, the second administration of President Donald Trump fulfilled a long-held goal of the fossil fuel industry: scaling back federal climate regulations that restrict oil, gas a...

From sanctuary to senior housing, Milner Commons reflects shifting needs

From sanctuary to senior housing, Milner Commons reflects shifting needs

By Ashley Fredde Sunlight pours through stained glass windows onto rows of wooden pews that, on occasion, still hold hymnals. But Milner Memorial Presbyterian Church, where those same windows once ill...

Without school vaccine mandates, many kids may never see a doctor

Without school vaccine mandates, many kids may never see a doctor

By Sarah Carr Hechinger Report Every December brings an end-of-year crush to Washington, D.C.’s pediatric clinics. In addition to the usual culprits — colds, the flu, RSV — that’s also the time when t...

How Sex Changes With Aging (& What You Can Do About It)

How Sex Changes With Aging (& What You Can Do About It)

(This article is a special guest post by geriatrician Dr. Nicole Didyk, founder of the blog and YouTube channel The Wrinkle. Like me, Dr. Didyk has a particular interest in informing and empowering ol...

At 75, Myron Cohen isn’t interested in retiring. But fewer titles would be welcome.

At 75, Myron Cohen isn’t interested in retiring. But fewer titles would be welcome.

By Rose Hoban About 15 years ago, Myron Cohen helped change the course of a pandemic. Cohen, who’s has been an infectious disease researcher and administrator at UNC Chapel Hill for more than four dec...

Who gets a bed in NC’s state psychiatric hospitals — and who waits?

Who gets a bed in NC’s state psychiatric hospitals — and who waits?

By Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf North Carolina’s three state-run psychiatric hospitals — Cherry, Central Regional and Broughton — serve about 570 patients each day. But hundreds more who need inpa...

Clinics sour on CMS after agency scraps 10-year primary care program only months in

Clinics sour on CMS after agency scraps 10-year primary care program only months in

By Andrew Jones KFF Health News CELO COMMUNITY, N.C. — On a 15-degree morning in January, a clinic in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina began to fill up with patients. An older couple in fla...

From referral to real time: mental health care comes to the exam room

From referral to real time: mental health care comes to the exam room

By Taylor Knopf When a patient expresses a mental health concern to their primary care provider, that typically generates a referral to a behavioral health specialist. Then that specialist contacts th...

As Congress debates changes to the federal chemical safety law, North Carolina’s PFAS crisis offers a warning

As Congress debates changes to the federal chemical safety law, North Carolina’s PFAS crisis offers a warning

By Will Atwater North Carolina’s struggle with PFAS contamination underscores the unintended consequences that can follow widespread chemical use — even as Congress is considering overhauling the nati...