Uptown Charlotte and neighborhoods, including the Historic West End are hot zones, a heat mapping study reveals.

First Day and post-holiday hikes are beneficial for mental health, family dynamics, social connections and overall health.

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.

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

A coalition of organizations focused on worker and human rights spent the past week rallying across North Carolina for ...

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

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

Between federal COVID relief funds and the $1.4 billion sign-on bonus North Carolina received for expanding Medicaid, state lawmakers were able to make significant investments in mental health ...

A 9-year-old girl with mental health issues spent at least four months this spring living in a Novant Health emergency room in Wilmington: sleeping, eating, doing school work. During that time, ...

Decades ago, North Carolina legislators sought to change the way mental health care is delivered. They closed psychiatric hospitals arguing that patients would be better treated in the community, in ...

He’ll make America sick again,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of public health law at Georgetown University on RFK's vaccination stance.

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