The VA Caregiver Support Program provides resources such as monthly stipends, respite care, support groups and training.

The respite house opening in Wake County signals North Carolina’s evolving approach to mental health, with the state increasing investment in peer-run programs.

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 ...

State auditor critiques late nursing home inspections. DHHS says audit unfair for including COVID era. Advocates skeptical of explanation.

Ninety-five percent of incarcerated people in North Carolina will eventually be released back into the community — roughly 18,000 people return home each year from state prisons and thousands more ...

The N.C. Child Fatality Task Force recently voted to support legislation to prevent child and youth access to intoxicating cannabis.

Cone Health hasn’t focused as aggressively on growth, but that could change now that a nonprofit spinoffof Kaiser Permanente is taking over.

Hurricane Helene displaced an untold number of residents in a rural region where homelessness was already on the rise.