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By Andrew Jones KFF Health News ASHEVILLE — At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boy...

By Jaymie Baxley After three years at the helm, Jay Ludlam is stepping down as director of North Carolina’s Medicaid program. Ludlam’s tenure included North Carolina’s expansion of Medicaid, a decade-...

By Taylor Knopf Since November, North Carolina lawmakers have been grappling with the problems plaguing the state’s intertwined mental health and criminal justice systems during hours-long monthly mee...

By Katie Myers and Laura Hackett Grist Regina is haunted by the specter of mold.  She found the insidious spores in the closet, behind the refrigerator, and around the bathtub for two years after the ...

By Rachel Crumpler Teenagers in some North Carolina juvenile detention centers are spending nearly the entire day locked in their cells — sometimes allowed out for only one or two hours — according to...

By Jaymie Baxley Cole’s Pharmacy, a family-owned drug store in Person County, closed in early February after nearly 70 years, leaving many residents in and around Roxboro with a longer drive for medic...

By Shoshana Walter and Jill Castellano The Marshall Project yanna Harris-Rashid was sitting up in bed, her newborn son latched to her breast, one hand scrolling on her phone, when the police called. S...

By Jacob Biba NCLocal Amid rising costs and the expiration of enhanced subsidies, fewer North Carolina residents enrolled in health coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2026, according to the l...