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North Carolina residents have turned in millions of unused pills this year as part of a effort to fight substance abuse. State Attorney General Roy Cooper…
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In 2009, Wilkes County in the northwestern part of the state had the 4th highest rate of prescription drug overdose deaths in the country. Two years…
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Prescription drug overdose kills an average of three people per day in North Carolina. Researchers at UNC Chapel Hill say a statewide system designed to…
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State health officials want to know if low use of a prescription drug database is leading to more deaths in North Carolina.A majority of state pharmacists…
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Duke University medical officials have come up with guidelines for allocating scarce drugs. Supplies of some cancer medications and other drugs can…