Poor digital skills are reentry roadblocks for formerly incarcerated people
By Rachel Crumpler Juan Acosta, 36, left Sanford Correctional Center on June 15, after serving about 17 years in state prison. He went to Walmart…
By Rachel Crumpler Juan Acosta, 36, left Sanford Correctional Center on June 15, after serving about 17 years in state prison. He went to Walmart…
By Emily Vespa North Carolina is teetering on the edge of losing roughly $5.4 million in federal funds for combating the opioid epidemic and supporting…
Staff Report NC Health News has been lauded with an organization-record 20 awards in the annual North Carolina Press Association editorial contest, including five first…
By Jaymie Baxley In June 2023, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services began verifying the eligibility of 2.5 million Medicaid participants for the…
By Will Atwater What type of pollution is so tiny it can be invisible to the naked eye? Hint: Humans ingest it through the air…
By Rose Hoban Quick work from a North Carolina pediatrician and Catawba County public health authorities helped detect mass lead poisoning that has affected more…
By Lucas Thomae Carolina Public Press For months now, Michael Dean Smith said, he has feared his infant daughter will be hurt or killed in a drunk-driving…
By Vibhav Nandagiri On a street corner east of Durham’s downtown, Cheryl Riley spotted a woman sitting on a ledge outside a grocery store, her…
By Grace Vitaglione NC Medicaid costs fluctuate each year. The state Department of Health and Human Services forecasts how costs might change and asks the…
By Will Atwater Undeterred by the sweltering heat on the grassy mall behind the legislative building in Raleigh on July 10, Democracy Green’s co-founder and…