Effort to transition veterans into the healthcare sector
NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia faces a growing healthcare workforce shortage. Veterans need jobs. Now, a new statewide initiative could fix...
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North Carolina’s Sen. Tillis endorses RFK’s nomination as health secretary
The Republican senator from North Carolina announced Monday on X he would vote in favor of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s...
Duke University studying football impact on Black men’s brain health
The research pays a particular focus on Black males who are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other types...
Lawsuit filed in challenge to Trump’s gender-affirming care ban
Trump's transgender policy represents an abrupt change from the Biden administration, which sought to explicitly extend civil rights protections to...
SC Supreme Court heard arguments on how restrictive abortion ban should be
Lawyers for the state and Planned Parenthood return to the state's highest court Wednesday to argue how restrictive the abortion...
North Carolina tuberculosis cases on the rise after 30 years of decline
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tuberculosis cases are on the rise, including in North Carolina. The Kansas City area is currently at...
NC health department announces major child support investment
The initiative, which provides home-based clinical therapy for young children and their caregivers, aims to prevent child maltreatment and reduce...
New $20 million program will remove NC police officers from mental health calls
New initiative aims to reduce trauma by replacing law enforcement with specialized providers in mental health crisis response CHARLOTTE, N.C....
Former worker details concerns about Gaston County assisted living facility
A former Somerset Court of Cherryville worker shared concerns about a hospice patient forced to sleep on the floor, call...
NCSU students demand PCB testing on campus
It comes a little more than a year after NC State University closed Poe Hall due to PCB contamination. RALEIGH,...