For people with dementia, Medicare hospice benefit can be tricky
By Thomas Goldsmith Sixteen years ago, Tom McCann promised his wife, Kathleen, that she’d always live at home, even though dementia was gradually sapping her…
By Thomas Goldsmith Sixteen years ago, Tom McCann promised his wife, Kathleen, that she’d always live at home, even though dementia was gradually sapping her…
By Anne Blythe Democratic lawmakers, undaunted by the political odds against them in North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly, have championed bills year after year to…
By Rose Hoban Even as the coronavirus emergency winds down, hundreds of millions of dollars allocated by federal lawmakers are still flowing to North Carolina….
By Will Atwater “Myself and others were shocked, but in a good way,” said Beth Markesino, founder of North Carolina Stop GenX, a nonprofit advocacy…
By Jennifer Fernandez PINEHURST — In a small brick house on a narrow street in a community known for its golf courses, several young women…
By Will Atwater Pender County resident Sharon Mathis recently had her well water tested for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and she’s not happy with the…
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven This story details the experiences of a woman on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program whose parents and husband are undocumented….
By Thomas Goldsmith Privately run Medicare Advantage insurers attract more enrollees each year with prominent advertising and enticing perks. But the program, with about 1…
By Rachel Crumpler At age 19, Craig Waleed had just entered a New York state prison. He was angry and afraid. As Waleed explains, he’d…
By Taylor Knopf In his State of the State address Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper said the “youth mental health crisis cannot be ignored,” adding that…