Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Mandy Cohen, the secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, is stepping down, WUNC has confirmed. She quickly became the public face of North Carolina's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tucked in the new state budget is an expansion of services for families of children with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. More than 28,000 families in the state qualify for state funding for in-home care like speech or behavioral therapies.

North Carolina will receive up to $56 million toward improving early childhood education and health outcomes for at-risk children, Gov. Roy Cooper…

In an attempt to regulate unaccompanied children who cross the border, the Trump administration is considering detaining them in tent cities. In an…

In an attempt to regulate unaccompanied children who cross the border, the Trump administration is considering detaining them in tent cities. In an…

The state epidemiologist in the division of public health resigned yesterday in protest over the McCrory administration’s handling of a controversy…

The state epidemiologist in the division of public health resigned yesterday in protest over the McCrory administration’s handling of a controversy…

North Carolina health and safety officials are building a united front to prepare against the Ebola virus.State Health and Human Services secretary Aldona…

North Carolina's Secretary of Health and Human Services spoke before a legislative committee Wednesday to explain organizational changes made in one of…

Medical examiners in North Carolina routinely skip critical steps in their investigations, according to a new report by The Charlotte Observer. Medical…