RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Flu deaths in North Carolina this season have exceeded the count for all of last season with about three months left.…
Along with the return of spring blooms and sticky pollen, today marks the start of the 2018 ozone season. State and local environmental agencies will…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina environmental regulators say they now have proof that a worrying but little-researched compound is carried aloft by winds and…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State health officials say the death toll from the flu in North Carolina has reached 200, putting it within reach of…
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's largest health insurer said Thursday its windfall from the new federal tax cut will hold down rate increases in…
If you’ve ever tried to swaddle a newborn, you know it’s not so easy. But swaddling gives newborns great comfort, and so parents have been…
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and…
The first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way. A company said Tuesday that its daily capsules of…
McDonald's is taking cheeseburgers and chocolate milk off its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and…
By Donna Stephens Johnson, LMBT, MMP, Owner Utopia Spa LLC, in Aberdeen, guest columnist The body’s first line of defense against pathogens (germs) that make…
The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. Governor…
Last October, just a week shy of her 44th birthday, Julia Brokmeyer of Southern Pines was lying very seriously ill in a hospital bed. Days…
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University (THE CONVERSATION) During the second quarter of Super Bowl LII, the party stopped, if just for a second. Tom Brady found…
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Researchers at East Carolina University have found that middle-aged whites in North Carolina are dying at an unprecedented rate. The university said…
A drone may save your life someday. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation has submitted a proposal to be a part of the…