As the North Carolina General Assembly returns to Raleigh this week for the 2023 session, state educators and healthcare providers are issuing an urgent call for improved student access to mental health services.
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As the North Carolina General Assembly returns to Raleigh this week for the 2023 session, state educators and healthcare providers are issuing an urgent call for improved student access to mental health services.
Trucks and buses make up around 3% of road traffic, but emit 26% of North Carolina’s smog and 32% percent of particulate matter and other hazardous air pollutants.
In December, the national unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent, down 0.1 percent from the previous month.
Young kids and teens have gotten out of regular teeth brushing and flossing, and dentists say “COVID cavities” are a lingering effect of the pandemic.
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, and with no symptoms, experts say it is important for North Carolinians to get regular eye exams.
They’re elusive, colorful, covered in mucus, and an integral part of the local ecosystem currently threatened with extinction.
More North Carolinians are struggling with substance-use disorders, according to the latest America’s Health Rankings Report.
According to a recent report from Disability Rights NC, a majority of county jails in North Carolina have failed inspections from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) from 2017 to 2019.
Over 3.2 million North Carolinians are poor or near poor, and many more experience economic instability and challenges over time.
Fusion is a nuclear reaction that combines two atoms to create one or more new atoms with slightly less total mass.