Too few retailers check IDs when NC kids buy tobacco.
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…
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…
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 Grace Vitaglione Near the end of the recently recessed legislative session, the N.C. House of Representatives made an extensive budget proposal on how to…
By Jaymie Baxley Madhu Vulimiri, deputy director of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Child and Family Well-Being, says summer is…
By Rose Hoban Weeks before one of North Carolina’s state-supported behavioral health management agencies merged with another one in eastern North Carolina, there was a…
By Michelle Crouch In an initiative that appears to be the first of its kind nationwide, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper and state health officials unveiled…
By Rose Hoban Just as in Marvel comics, when a superhero summons the team with the “Avengers assemble!” rallying cry, one member of the national…
By Taylor Knopf A U.S. Senate report released last week accused four of the nation’s largest behavioral health companies of putting profits above the safety…
By Grace Vitaglione Louise Vincent experienced xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, a couple years ago. The drug, commonly called “tranq,” caused wounds on her arms that…
By Grace Vitaglione The North Carolina Senate released a budget proposal June 19 for the coming fiscal year that would put funding toward child care…