Category Archives: Health & Wellness
North Carolina hospitals use wristbands to help combat maternal mortality
GREENVILLE, N.C. (KFF Health News) -- Hospitals across the U.S. are trying to reduce maternal deaths and complications after pregnancies using one small tool: a silicone wristband stamped with the dec...
Sep 20, 2026
Trump announces all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide Most Favored Nation pricing to some drugs withi...
Sep 18, 2026
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine acti...
Sep 17, 2026
Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stance
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump's third surgeon general nominee, was grilled at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesda...
Sep 16, 2026
Two NC cities rank high for seasonal allergies
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NCN News) - As it will soon be time for lots of a yellow dust and sneezing, two North Carolina cities rank among the top 20 "most challenging" cities for seasonal allergies. The Alle...
Mar 10, 2026
Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
By MELINA WALLING and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated PressKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as bu...
Mar 30, 2025