New data from the Environmental Working Group reveals only a fraction of sunscreens meet safety standards, with some posing health risks.

Money from the latest settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma will boost counties’ efforts to curb opioid addiction and overdoses, some of which have already led to innovative programs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger After Cathy Head of Charlotte fell and fractured her shoulder in 2023, she was pleased that her health insurance covered almost all of the expenses for her care ...

Obamacare plan subsidies expire next year, and millions low- and middle-income families could lose affordable health insurance.

By Grace Vitaglione and Jaymie Baxley In 2022, Christina Schnabel was a single mom in Hendersonville barely making ends meet. She lived in public housing and made do with help from services like ...