Funding reductions proposed by Congress threaten hospitals, children’s health and local economies in rural communities.

Gambling is becoming increasingly prevalent in North Carolina, starting with the lottery in 2005 and expanding to online ...

Dr. Devdutta Sangvai was sworn in Jan. 12, 2025 as the 19th secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services, becoming the first Indian American cabinet member under a North ...

In his ninth executive order since taking office, Governor Josh Stein issued a state of emergency on Tuesday ahead of winter weather that he said “will make a mess of our roads” across ...

Governor Josh Stein declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as emergency officials prepare for winter weather to impact the majority of the state.

CHARLOTTE — Two children have reportedly died from complications of influenza, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. It marks the first pediatric deaths in North ...

Most of the NC Department of Health and Human Services' budget comes from the federal government. North Carolina’s biggest state agency — which receives most of its $40 billion annual budget ...

NORTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The flu is spreading widely throughout the state and is likely to peak in the coming weeks, the NC Department of Health and Human Services said. NCDHHS reports ...

Devdutta Sangvai, former president of Duke Regional Hospital, was tapped by Gov. Josh Stein to lead the department as North Carolina’s 19th Secretary of Health and Human Services.

When North Carolina lawmakers drafted a Medicaid ... just see how this all plays out,” she said. The state’s health and human services department said that while it was “monitoring potential ...

North Carolina’s top health officials start their jobs at the beginning of each new administration looking to master the details of the vast agency they lead and with budget recommendations to prepare ...

In his final weeks as North Carolina’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kody Kinsley spoke to local media ... a camp in the western part of the state, which the NC Department of Health has ...