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By Caroline Parker EdNC The North Carolina Community Schools Coalition (the Coalition) gathered representatives from four northeastern NC districts on Oct. 15 to kick off a new telehealth service for ...

By Taylor Knopf At a time when the nation’s drug supply has become increasingly unpredictable, Nabarun Dasgupta uses what he calls “science in service” to bring some clarity to the chaos.  Dasgupta ha...

By Jennifer Fernandez On Friday, North Carolina will be the only state in the country to no longer have a statewide collaborative focused on improving perinatal care. The Perinatal Quality Collaborati...

By Rachel Crumpler A life lost in Buncombe County in 2022 still weighs on — and motivates — Shuchin Shukla, a family physician who specializes in addiction medicine.  A community paramedic had respond...

By Anne Blythe For many, Halloween is a fun-filled night with clever costumes, giant skeletons standing sentinel over plastic boneyards littered with rubbery, bloodied extremities and glowing jack-o-l...

By Will Atwater As the holiday season approaches, conversations about family gatherings and meals are ramping up. For many hosts, planning a festive spread involves more than choosing recipes — it mea...

By Lisa Sorg Inside Climate News Forever War, Part 1: This story is published in partnership with The Assembly and with WHQR, a nonprofit radio station and NPR affiliate in Wilmington. It is the first...

By Bryce Covert The 74 Million April Perez was 22 years old when she had her first daughter. Enrolling in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, commonly known as...