UNC-Chapel Hill has withdrawn its application to burn pellets made of paper and plastic scraps instead of coal in its power ...

A first-in-the-nation effort to reopen a shuttered medical center as a Rural Emergency Hospital is moving closer to finish line.

Increased demand for medical, mental health and substance use treatment strains the prison system as incarcerated population grows older.

Three advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday, alleging the university violated pro-Palestinian protesters’ rights to free speech and due process when it banned the ...

North Carolina and the rest of the country face a mounting shortage of health care workers, particularly nurses.

Stories like Dr. Z’s can lower the temperature of today's controversies by reminding us that we are all in this thing called ...

Potential Medicaid cuts could devastate America’s teetering rural health-care system and jeopardize Republicans’ political ...

After nearly eight years on the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood will now ...

It's really hard to be a patient with cancer. Patients suffer a lot at home and don't reach out, ' Ethan Basch, MD, said. 'Helping to have better communication to address their needs is really ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Maliq Brown hadn't played for the better part of three weeks for second-ranked Duke, a shoulder ...