By Rose Hoban and Will Atwater Key takeaways: The U.S. Department of Justice seeks hundreds of millions from Chemours in a federal complaint over years of PFAS contamination in three states, includ...
By Rachel Crumpler Key takeaways: SouthLight Healthcare, an outpatient mental health and substance use treatment provider, launched a Social Determinants of Health team in 2025 to help patient...
By Will Atwater The science is catching up to the concern.The EPA has designated microplastics as a priority contaminant group for the first time. In North Carolina, policy progress has been slow.A s...
By Diana Lopez Key takeaways Summer break worsens child food insecurity in eastern NC. With school out, the roughly 850,000 NC students who rely on free or reduced-price meals lose that daily safet...
By Ted Clifford Asheville Watchdog UNC Health, the University of North Carolina’s hospital system, has applied for permission to open a 92-bed hospital near downtown Asheville. North Carolina’s state-...
Just as we all benefit when we all are better informed about health, everyone involved in the health care of older adults can benefit from learning to think more like a geriatrician. This means keepi...
By Rachel Crumpler Key Takeaways: North Carolina has launched three mobile opioid treatment programs, and six more are expected to begin operating in the coming months as part of a broader effort...
By Skye Crawford and Ashley Fredde The crisis is measurable. Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, and bias or discrimination was ...
By Jennifer Fernandez Key takeaways Early survey data from nearly 300 North Carolina schools shows that staff at schools that offer behavioral telehealth are reporting reductions in student behaviora...
How might we help a sick older person have a better end-of-life experience? Planning for future health crises and end-of-life situations — a process known as advance care planning — is certainly impor...