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The NC Institute of Medicine releases 8 recommendations to solve workforce issues for nurses by focusing on recruitment and retention.
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Dr. Damon Tweedy discusses his choice to enter the field of psychiatry, despite its stigma within the medical industry. He sits down with co-host Leoneda Inge to discuss his new book, Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine.
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Accessing records has been difficult, hindering efforts, but child advocates hope lawmakers will craft legislation to ease the way for Guilford and any future review teams.
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North Carolina's health agency and a nonprofit defending people with intellectual and development disabilities have reached an agreement that could resolve a lawsuit seeking action for those who lack adequate services in their communities.
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East Carolina University is offering free therapy services to address the needs of people with Parkinson’s disease.
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People who served in the Canal Zone were left out of a law that made it easier to get care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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A mobile breast cancer screening program is scheduled to launch this month in Nash County. The event is the first of one nonprofit’s efforts to provide 200 free mammograms across Eastern North Carolina.
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A statewide inventory conducted in 2019 shows there were more than 16,000 untested sexual assault kits that were backlogged.
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The county wants to join the North Carolina attorney general’s lawsuit, citing extended wait times in the emergency room.
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Boston-based Affiliated Monitors, Inc. will be taking over as the independent monitor for the healthcare company.
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Advocates say North Carolina's mental health care system would improve by providing more care in community and home-based settings. But an "institutional bias" in the state means that likely won't happen for years, or even decades.
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A firsthand account of life inside psychiatric residential treatment facilities reveals how these care centers can do more harm than good.