He founded the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation in 1996 and began to push for state legislatures to raise the tobacco sales age. At first, he had scant success. But in 2003, a town in ...

One in 10 older adults across the country reported experiencing some form of abuse during the previous year, new report shows ...

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EPA studies have confirmed that clean air regulations improve air quality over time. Other studies have shown that the health ...

Lawmakers approved millions for computer software to track child welfare cases in 2015, but there’s still little to show for it.

Critics warn against sweeping budget cuts that threaten jobs, clean energy and scientific progress. They fear lax regulatory ...

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.

Prostate cancer was the second leading cause of cancer deaths in North Carolina men in 2021; the bill aims to lower those rates.

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.

A new transitional living home will be built to house young women who are homeless, unaccompanied or at-risk in the rural Sandhills county.