NC Health News

New research shows how hurricanes can wash sewage, industrial chemicals and “everything in people’s garages” into North Carolina waterways, and how to prevent that in future storms.

The sudden cancellation of federal grants created after the Uvalde school shooting will halt planned expansions of school-based mental health services in North Carolina. The move has prompted pushback from state attorneys general and members of Congress.

Critics of the federal proposal to impose a work requirement on Medicaid recipients warn that red tape — not unemployment — would drive people off the rolls.

A push in Congress to limit provider taxes could strip billions in Medicaid funding from North Carolina.

When Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina, it downed power lines, leaving tens of thousands of residents without electricity for days, even weeks.

North Carolina is one of seven states that still allow 18-year-olds to buy tobacco.

Some accused of crimes need mental health treatment to go to trial; new treatment programs in jails and the community seek to reduce wait times and take a load off the state’s three psychiatric hospitals.

New policies limiting transgender rights — including restricting access to gender-affirming care — add emotional and mental strain to transgender youth and their families.

North Carolina is launching a $20 million pilot program to take law enforcement personnel out of the process of transporting mental health patients being involuntarily committed — aiming to end the traumatic practice of having officers handcuff and transport patients.

The new NC DHHS secretary might lack political experience, but he has a history of managing complex organizations.