By Grace Vitaglione and Rose Hoban The North Carolina Senate’s proposed budget for the next two fiscal years is packed with policy around new health care initiatives, including repealing North Carolin...
By Jennifer Fernandez A bill that would further shorten the practice period for young drivers stalled Wednesday in the Transportation Committee of the N.C. House. Sponsors of House Bill 584 asked to r...
By Will Atwater On Dec. 2, 1970, with the stroke of a pen, President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency. By the end of that month — on Dec. 31 — he signed the landmark Clean Air...
By Jennifer Fernandez When North Carolina implemented a year of practice as part of a new graduated driver’s licensing for 16- and 17-year-olds in the 1990s, the state saw an almost immediate plunge i...
By Grace Vitaglione Julie Crockett’s 8-year-old granddaughter, Sophia McConkey, relies on Medicaid every day. She has a rare genetic disorder called TBCK syndrome that causes low muscle tone, seizures...
By Jaymie Baxley Naloxone is a widely available medication that can bring someone back from the brink of death in minutes, but cost, stigma and other barriers have kept the opioid overdose antidote ou...
By Rachana Pradhan KFF Health News Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities in sectors including tobacco, f...
Since 2008, April 16th has been designated as “National Healthcare Decisions Day” (NHDD). It’s an initiative meant to “inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of adv...
By Jennifer Fernandez In a small room at Hillcrest Elementary School in Burlington, students can now meet with a doctor during the school day — virtually. The school joins a growing network across Nor...
By Grace Vitaglione Gaile Osborne is a foster parent to six children. She would’ve had seven if her first foster child had been allowed to stay with her, she said. Instead, her county Department of So...