NC landfills create hidden risk: PFAS-contaminated sludge and groundwater

NC landfills create hidden risk: PFAS-contaminated sludge and groundwater

By Will Atwater On a warm July morning, Joe Suleyman — dressed in a neon vest, short sleeves and blue jeans — stood on a grassy hill in New Hanover County. White clouds drifted across a bright blue sk...

Help line gives pediatricians crucial mental health information to help kids, families

Help line gives pediatricians crucial mental health information to help kids, families

By Emily Chambliss In North Carolina, the odds of finding a child psychiatrist  depend too often on your ZIP code. Even in urban counties such as Wake or Mecklenburg, families may wait months for an a...

Duke Health sets its sights on statewide expansion

Duke Health sets its sights on statewide expansion

By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger For years, Charlotte’s health care market has been dominated by two names: Atrium Health and Novant Health. Between them, the two hospital sys...

Rural women are at a higher risk of violence − and less likely to get help

Rural women are at a higher risk of violence − and less likely to get help

By Walter S. DeKeseredy The Conversation I have been teaching a course on rural criminology since 2014, and most of my students are surprised by the information on violence against women presented to ...

UTIs and Urine Bacteria in Aging: How to get the right diagnosis & when to take antibiotics

UTIs and Urine Bacteria in Aging: How to get the right diagnosis & when to take antibiotics

Q: An older friend, who is in her 90s, has been having bacteria in her urine, but no symptoms. Despite treatment with antibiotics, she was still having bacteria in the urine, so the doctor recommended...

Medicaid cuts could threaten care for North Carolinians with severe disabilities

Medicaid cuts could threaten care for North Carolinians with severe disabilities

By Jaymie Baxley Jennifer Shigley can’t speak or walk without assistance. The 49-year-old also cannot feed or bathe herself. Her father, a retired child psychologist, described her as having the menta...

Cone Health adds remote therapy to school telehealth program

Cone Health adds remote therapy to school telehealth program

By Jennifer Fernandez Greensboro-based Cone Health is expanding its school-based telehealth program to offer remote mental health services for the first time. Students struggling with anxiety, depress...

ECU Health and for-profit giant Acadia team up to open new psychiatric hospital

ECU Health and for-profit giant Acadia team up to open new psychiatric hospital

By Taylor Knopf A new psychiatric hospital in Greenville will begin serving patients in eastern North Carolina later this month.  ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital is a new 144-bed facility intend...

Doctors on demand, no insurance required

Doctors on demand, no insurance required

By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger When city of Charlotte workers get sick, they don’t have to wait weeks for a primary care appointment or shell out a co-pay for an urgent care visit. Instead, t...

FTC has long said products must back up health claims. A MAHA lawsuit would upend that.

FTC has long said products must back up health claims. A MAHA lawsuit would upend that.

By Arthur Allen KFF Health News Don’t get Nathan Jones started on xylitol, the active ingredient in his chewing gum, nasal spray, and other products. He’ll talk your ear off about its wondrous powers ...