Often, farmworkers in the state on temporary visas are sent to fields to harvest crops in fields off of rural roads with names that are unfamiliar. The AEDs are portable — about the size of a laptop — ...

Whooping cough, which is rising nationally too, tends to peak during the fall and winter, so cases are expected to keep rising.

A federal lawsuit alleges that teenagers are put in solitary confinement, despite its demonstrated harm. State officials deny the claims.

Dozens of rural water systems were knocked out by the remnant of Hurricane Helene. Full recovery may take years.

The long-term care facility was the only one of its kind in western N.C.; patients will have to seek care elsewhere.

Kate Houghton-Zatz was more than a little nervous about Thanksgiving. Her in-laws and parents had only met once before, and they were all coming for the big meal to the small apartment she shared with ...

North Carolina’s men seem to be doing better than the state’s women in getting exercise and improving their life expectancies over time. And while all of North Carolina’s counties saw increases in ...