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-...
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...
By Will Atwater Two years ago, Emily Donovan stood on a stage in Fayetteville and introduced then-EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Regan, who was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environm...
By Jaymie Baxley Matt Simpson was on a bicycle ride with his wife and two young children when a Volkswagen Jetta barreled through a crosswalk near their Durham home in July 2022. The car, which was tr...
By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger After months of scrutiny, Atrium Health announced this week that it has finalized a deal to fulfill one of the affordable housing promises it ...