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The N.C. dental board adopted emergency measures to give dentists in western N.C. more flexibility to reopen offices.

Tropical Storm Helene washed out water systems in much of western North Carolina, including Asheville. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advice for how to avoid sickness when drinking water.

Immigrant advocates say community health workers will be instrumental in disseminating accurate information about HB10.

The former surgeon general in the Trump administration criticizes the North Carolina bill that would do away with a pandemic-era law that allowed face masks for public health reasons.

Even as Medicaid expansion has provided more low-income adults and their children access to oral health care, many dentists are not accepting them as patients.

Calling problem gambling a public health issue, many in North Carolina are getting ready for an onslaught of helpline calls and increased need for addiction treatment.

As the climate warms, labor advocates say more protections for workers will help employers too.

Disability Rights North Carolina and the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP have joined forces to help children of color with disabilities in the state's foster care program get more community- and home-based treatment instead of being "warehoused" in locked psychiatric facilities that can be dangerous.

Public health officials offer advice for families struggling to find formula.