Brewer was terminated by Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the vaccine advisory panel in June.

New members of the ACIP began their tenure by shifting the posture of the 60-year-old panel from support for vaccine ...

A proposal to allow hedge funds and private equity firms to own dental practices in North Carolina has stalled in the state ...

The proposed spending plan from the NC Senate would cut the entire funding allotment to the program for the next two fiscal years.

With no state budget in sight before July 1, state senators passed a narrower spending bill — but it would need approval from ...

Officials say proposed changes would set off a trigger law, potentially ending coverage for hundreds of thousands of people in the state.

EMS leaders say they resort to wage and tax refund seizures because insurers often underpay, giving them no choice but to ...

Lawmakers pass bill loosening child care regulations in effort to expand access — but without adding new funding.

The spending plan would also direct some dollars to Medicaid, but less than what the state health department asked for.

The $65 million PATH NC system will allow social workers to get data on what’s happening for NC’s most vulnerable kids.

Nearly 40 percent of migrant camps are “hidden,” according to a 2015 study by researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine, meaning they’re far off the road, or tucked behind other structures. The ...

Encouraging investment in harm reduction. Last year, 4,243 suspected overdose deaths occurred across North Carolina, according to provisional data from the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner — ...