5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1601+ words) First Health of the Carolinas provides proof that small, rural hospital systems can be excellent." But officials at the system are worried. First Health Chief Strategy Officer Amy Graham and Chief Financial Officer Autumn Mc Fann painted a grim picture…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1841+ words) Shawna Bush had been blissfully ignorant during her pregnancy: happy, excited, and expecting the best out of motherhood. It took just two days for the wrecking ball of postpartum depression to demolish her joy and leave her sobbing on the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1431+ words) Within months of becoming chief of Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue in November 2025, Jimmy Brown received sobering news: His station's well water was contaminated with PFAS at levels that exceeded federal limits. The station in Pinnacle, northwest of Winston'Salem…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1745+ words) On a serene Saturday afternoon, thousands of miles from conflict, soldiers with the California Air National Guard are scattered among stations, hunched over a buddy. Some apply tourniquets. Others practice life-saving skills, checking for breathing, tilting chins to clear airways,…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1291+ words) Ollie Super has moved in and out of cancer treatment since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a toddler in foster care. Now 8, the second grader is dealing with it again. Her cancer came back late last year. Ollie's parents,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1093+ words) With four "Immediate Jeopardy" citations in five years, Asheville's Mission Hospital is on a "merry-go-round" of compliance enforcement by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, one that won't stop unless either regulators or HCA Healthcare get serious about making…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (781+ words) It's no longer futuristic or science fiction to think that your trip to the dentist might include robotics and artificial intelligence. Macon Singletary, a periodontist at North Raleigh Periodontics & Implant Center in Wake County, says it's already here for him....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1494+ words) On the days she didn't need to be hospitalized while being treated for leukemia, 8-year-old Harper Harrell was able to go home and sleep in her own bed. Duke Children's Hospital is just 1. 9 miles from her family's home in Durham....

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (15+ words) North Carolina Health News...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1726+ words) On a morning tour earlier this month, the urgent care unit " seven open, bay-style gurneys with handcuffs attached to the bedframes, plus other observation cells " was unusually quiet." Hospital director Chad Lovett, who has been at the helm since 2019, said…...