Money from the latest settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma will boost counties’ efforts to curb opioid addiction and overdoses, some of which have already led to innovative programs.

New members of the ACIP began their tenure by shifting the posture of the 60-year-old panel from support for vaccine ...

New data from the Environmental Working Group reveals only a fraction of sunscreens meet safety standards, with some posing health risks.

With no state budget in sight before July 1, state senators passed a narrower spending bill — but it would need approval from ...

Lawmakers pass bill loosening child care regulations in effort to expand access — but without adding new funding.

By Rose Hoban On June 9, word started to spread that the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had unilaterally ended the terms of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee ...

The proposed spending plan from the NC Senate would cut the entire funding allotment to the program for the next two fiscal years.

Medicaid reimbursement rates Anything can happen before the General Assembly nears the end of its work session, so critics of the proposals remain vigilant. Elle Basile, public affairs senior manager ...

By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven In recent years, illicitly manufactured fentanyl has tainted the supply of street drugs, leading to skyrocketing rates of overdoses and deaths. Of late, though, there’s ...