Prenatal care lacking in NC Border Belt region
By Ivey Schofield Troaria Sampson wanted to be a mom. But Sampson, who weighed 360 pounds and had diabetes, said her doctors in Robeson County…
By Ivey Schofield Troaria Sampson wanted to be a mom. But Sampson, who weighed 360 pounds and had diabetes, said her doctors in Robeson County…
By Taylor Knopf In recent years, North Carolina’s foster care system has had some high-profile failures, including child deaths and one notorious incident when a…
By Rachel Crumpler Orange County mother Katie Jenifer, like all parents, has always wanted her two children to be happy and healthy. She said it…
By Jennifer Fernandez COLFAX — Everyone here knew the data: Black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than white…
By Will Atwater More than 100 Gaston County residents packed the community building for the start of Monday evening’s City of Cherryville council meeting. But…
By Rachel Crumpler Medication abortion is the most common method used to end pregnancies nationwide and in North Carolina. For now, the preferred two-medication regimen…
By Anne Blythe Amanda Stroud has a passion for public health — an enthusiasm that’s so palpable many of her peers in dentistry describe it…
By Rachel Crumpler A colorful bus with the words “All of Us” on it is crisscrossing the nation, stopping in cities for days at a…
By Rose Hoban At least 4,243 people in North Carolina died from overdoses in 2022. Mary O’Donnell knows the pain of having a loved one…
By Will Atwater If the weather conditions are right, you can smell the stench of an industrial hog facility from an airplane flying at 1,500…