North Carolina Health News

Disability advocates, families push lawmakers for more services, funding.

?? Disability advocates, families push lawmakers for more services, funding Jonathan Ellis, an NC man with cerebral palsy, reminded lawmakers that he is his own guardian, and lives independently with the help of a Medicaid Innovations Waiver.

The high cost of clean creeks: Who should pay for the mounting litter problem?

‘A slap on the wrist’: families and advocates call for increased accountability from assisted living facilities Inconsistent enforcement and the penalty appeal process mean some facilities get away with light punishments for wrongdoing, advocates say.

The governor’s $33.65 billion proposal includes a child tax credit, investments across health care and increased funding to train and retain health care workers.

North Carolina is one of seven states that still allow 18-year-olds to buy tobacco.

Financial pressures on rural hospitals keep some North Carolina facilities from adequately serving pregnant women, new mothers and babies, but that isn’t the full picture. Workforce shortages and demographic shifts — coupled with a lack of regulatory requirements and policy support — compound the problem, further distancing women from the care they need.

Environmentalists marched in downtown Charlotte in 2024 to protest against continued investment in fossil fuels. They warn cuts to the EPA's budget will weaken its regulatory enforcement ability.

“I decided during the pandemic, when we could not get kids seen for mental health, I wanted to be part of the solution,” said Ivy Bagley, who graduated in December from East Carolina University’s psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program.

Per Education NC — The bipartisan task force will release an interim report in June, Stein said, along with a more robust report by the end of the year.