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This past spring, as stockpiles of personal protective equipment ran dry, North Carolina spent more than $220 million on various supplies, sometimes at a hefty markup.

How many people have died of COVID-19 in North Carolina?Consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics,…

North Carolina health officials will allow the small Republican National Convention to have more than 10 people gathered indoors at a time, an…

The governor of a Southern state said he’s “hopeful” that reopening can start in a week – even as COVID-19 hospitalizations and the number of new cases…

UPDATE 9: 50 a.m., Jan. 26The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports that a person who was being tested for the new 2019…

It’s known as the silent killer for a reason.Every year, radon, a naturally occurring, invisible, odorless, radioactive gas, causes an estimated 21,000…

RALEIGH — North Carolina health officials say they've received the first report of a flu-related death of this season.Officials with the state Department…

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina health officials say hot tub displays inside a building at a fair are likely to blame for an outbreak of Legionnaires’…

North Carolina is looking for insurance companies as it privatizes its Medicaid system. The program that covers 2.2 million poor and disabled North…

Gov. Roy Cooper is urging North Carolinians to protect themselves against the flu after 34 people in the state died in less than a week’s time because of…