Health

North Carolina's Senate and House have voted along party lines to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of new abortion restrictions.

After a NC Health News/ News & Observer/ Charlotte Observer report of alleged mistreatment and sexual assault of an 11-year-old patient, Brynn Marr Hospital has been under months of state and federal scrutiny, jeopardizing its federal insurance reimbursement.

Hundreds of abortion-rights activists and voters watched Gov. Roy Cooper affix his veto stamp to the bill that would have banned all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt to override Cooper’s veto after they recently gained veto-proof majorities in both chambers.

A bill that passed the state House last week is named for 14-year-old Yulia Hicks. She was reportedly denied a kidney transplant at Duke Health because her family refused the vaccine.

Gov. Roy Cooper is urging the constituents of four state GOP lawmakers to demand they uphold abortion access.

The often-heated debate puts transgender athletes at the center of an issue without a clear middle ground.

Transgender youth in North Carolina would have to wait until they turn 18 to receive gender-affirming surgeries under a bill approved Wednesday by the GOP-controlled state House.

The measure would permit Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state's dominant insurance provider, and Delta Dental to transfer money from its current hospital service companies into new shell companies run by the same executive leadership.

“It's not Blue Cross's money — this is the people's money,” state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey told legislators before the vote, urging them to protect his ability to hold insurers accountable to their consumers.

Researchers at Duke University discovered how the GA-1 disease starts and found a possible treatment through gene therapy.