Health officials from the U.S. cities hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup say they are preparing to deal with infectious diseases, heat-related illness, and an array of other health threats when millions of fans, many of them from overseas, come to watch the games.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday to preserve telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone until after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on the merits of the high-stakes federal lawsuit Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration.
North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders filed two new constitutional amendments Thursday, aiming to load up this fall’s ballot with proposals tailored to attract conservative voters to the polls.
Doctors and parents of formerly sick children in NC promote insurance coverage for biomarker testing as part of medical treatment.
New bill would create a work group to study moving control of K-12 funding from the DPI to the State Education Assistance Authority.
The U.S. House Thursday rejected a proposal to rein in President Donald Trump’s months-long military actions in Iran that have left more than a dozen U.S. military members dead, while killing thousands of civilians and displacing millions in the Middle East, according to third-party monitors.
H1159 teaches teens who are in grades nine through 12 how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of a mental health crisis or substance use among their friends. Experts say teens are often more likely to open up to their friends than an adult.
Large, immigrant-rich cities saw their populations shrink between mid-2024 and mid-2025 after nation-leading increases the year before. In their place, midsized cities led in population growth in the latest U.S. Census data.
An N.C. Senate bill seeks to reduce adult care home inspections. Bill sponsor Sen. Jim Burgin says the bill grew from talks with home operators.
Current state law requires only repeat and severe offenders to use the devices. A bill with bipartisan support would expand that.