Jason deBruyn/Jessica Kelley MorganTriangle-based Continuous Precision Medicine developed a mobile app to track pain management and prescription medication usage. The company says over the long term, it can help reduce opioid misuse.
Cottonbro Studio/PexelsPoliticians, parents, and pundits have lots of opinions about how to solve mental health problems affecting nearly every campus. In this conversation, students themselves share their perspective of what they and their classmates are facing.
The North Carolina House of Representatives approved a budget plan on May 22 for the next two fiscal years that would cut some vacant positions in the health department, loosen child care regulations and eliminate Medicaid coverage of GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic, for weight loss.
Martin General Hospital shut down in 2023 after its operator filed for bankruptcy. Residents have to travel to neighboring counties to access care. A new state initiative seeks to end that healthcare desert.
North Carolina Health News reporter Rachel Crumpler talks with co-host Jeff Tiberii about last year's increase in deaths by suicide in NC prisons.
Vance County’s Department of Social Services has been under investigation since last year for violating the safety of children and their families within the welfare system.
Despite closures at other rural hospitals across North Carolina, the labor and delivery unit at UNC Health Chatham is a recent addition.
A push in Congress to limit provider taxes could strip billions in Medicaid funding from North Carolina.
The North Carolina House ed the proposed legislation this week.
Patient-doctor dynamics in an exam room could soon change for minors.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with Hazel Health and UnitedHealthcare to provide virtual mental health services for thousands of K-12 students.