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A brick building that says Novant Health and a superimposed graphic of a woman holding a device that says survey. Providers are billing patients for the pre-check-in surveys they fill out.

Charlotte Ledger

Surprise! Your health care provider added a fee for that questionnaire you filled out

by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger December 8, 2025

Shows a crowd of turkeys, with white feathers, red crops and blue surrounding their eyes.

‘Game of chicken’ at NC turkey plants. Little consequence when federal inspectors find filth.

by Carolina Public Press December 6, 2025

Shows a hand holding a test tube that's got river water, potentially with contaminants such as PFAS, in it.

Environmental Health

Hidden PFAS pollution uncovered in NC as EPA proposes reporting rollback

by Will Atwater December 5, 2025

A prison barbed wire fence. As people exit prison, they are high risk of overdose and more prisons are providing MOUD before release

NC prisons expand addiction treatment before release to curb deadly overdose risk

by Rachel Crumpler December 4, 2025December 5, 2025

Protesters hold signs that call for Atrium Health to honor affordable housing promises at an Atrium Health board meeting.

Charlotte Ledger

Protesters pack normally quiet Atrium Health hospital authority meeting

by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger December 3, 2025

Shows a series of ICU rooms at UNC Hospital, a staffer in scrubs with a facemask and headcover walks by. Intensive care units are places where many health care workers can burn out or experience extreme stress.

Healthcare Workers

‘You remember the ones you couldn’t help’: Doctors reflect on burnout, the emotional cost of care

by Correspondent December 3, 2025