By Ashley Fredde When first responders responded within minutes to a 911 call from Clayton Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Johnston County, they arrived to find that resuscitation had not yet ...
By Kate Denning Carolina Public Press The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors voted Thursday to let UNC-Wilmington move forward with the planning process for its proposed medical sc...
By Zoya Teirstein Grist This story was produced by Grist and co-published with States Newsroom. It is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This ...
Pop quiz: What aging health problem is extremely common, has serious implications for an older person’s health and wellbeing, and can often – but not always – be prevented? It’s delirium. In my opinio...
By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Atrium Health would have to add four local elected officials to its board under a North Carolina state Senate bill — one of several proposals ...
By Ashley Fredde State lawmakers are proposing a bill they say would reduce administrative burden and redundancy for inspections in adult care homes, the places that manage the care for some of the st...
By Rose Hoban North Carolina’s population is rapidly growing and becoming older. By the early 2030s, the population of people older than 65 is projected to surpass the number of residents who are youn...
By Rose Hoban As the world has waited with bated breath to see if the small outbreak of the hantavirus aboard a cruise ship would multiply and spread beyond borders — another infectious disease crisis...
Dear Dr. K, Any ideas on how I can relieve my mother’s anxiety about her thinking an animal got in the house? I can’t find anything and have moved the couches but she is convinced and scared. She’s al...
By Rachel Crumpler Trying to get back on one’s feet in the community after leaving prison or jail is rarely easy. People often face steep hurdles finding housing, employment and health care. For those...