Federal workers, grant recipients worry as they await details of a restructuring plan promoted by US DHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene, the battered facility is treating hundreds of thousands of gallons daily — and preparing for what’s next.

Without a state-set limit for 1,4-dioxane, a public utility that serves an estimated 200,000 people here will have to invest millions of dollars to remove the federally deemed “likely carcinogen” from ...

Former EPA employees warn that rural communities across the United States will be left with fewer protections.

The N.C. Senate and House of Representatives differ on how to make health care more affordable and accessible, including ...

Edgecombe, Beaufort and Nash leaders recently described how they're working to cut opioid overdoses, and they all went to the source.

Solar microgrids and other modern technologies could transform care delivery in disaster-prone, underserved areas.