Research shows injury from extreme heat more likely, as advocates push for a new federal heat rule and employers push back.

National advocacy group accuses NC hospitals of noncompliance with price transparency rules and feds of poor enforcement. Hospitals disagree.

A yearlong study finds an alarming trend about the distribution of microplastics in a remote section of a mountain watershed.

Organizations anticipate people having more health care needs as they wend their way through the storm recovery process.

This article was written with the support of a journalism fellowship from The Gerontological Society of America, The Journalists Network on Generations and The Silver Century Foundation. Linda Duffy, ...

North Carolina’s men seem to be doing better than the state’s women in getting exercise and improving their life expectancies over time. And while all of North Carolina’s counties saw increases in ...