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The N.C. dental board adopted emergency measures to give dentists in western N.C. more flexibility to reopen offices.
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Pregnant and newly postpartum women found themselves displaced by Helene — confronting canceled appointments, reworked birth plans and the loss of their belongings.
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The payments came after Eastpointe Health Services was ordered to merge with Trillium, the audit finds. Thousands of emails were also deleted ahead of the consolidation.
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A tribal-owned medical marijuana dispensary in western North Carolina is also now selling products for adult recreational use.
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A North Carolina judge has upheld the state employee health plan’s decision in 2022 to chose Aetna to administer the plan starting next January.
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center published the study showing a blood test can predict which patients will develop knee osteoarthritis up to eight years before it would show up on an X-ray.
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North Carolina Medicaid managed care has finally been extended to Medicaid enrollees who also need services for behavioral health or intellectual or developmental disabilities.
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Professional coaching for physicians is a new resource to help support doctors. But the field is unstandardized and unregulated.
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Increased restrictions have ushered in a new landscape of care with patients navigating more logistical hurdles and travel. Abortion providers have reworked operations to comply with the new law.
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration have unveiled a plan Monday to take away patients' debt and help future patients receive deep discounts or enroll in charity programs.
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The veterinary tranquilizer is increasingly part of the street drug supply in N.C.
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A resident privately purchased the powered chair that’s also expected to help reduce injuries among EMS workers in Dare County.