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Shows a crowd of people standing hold up signs, some read, "Abortion is health care" another reads "I don't call ending a human life healthcare." One pregnant woman stands in the middle of the crowd, her belly exposed with the words "Human too" written on it.

U.S. Supreme Court justices heard a case on abortion pills Tuesday. How could their ruling affect North Carolina?

by Rachel Crumpler March 27, 2024March 28, 2024

shows a hand displaying a silver card with a month's worth of pills in a blister pack. Three rows of the oral contraceptive pills are white, one row is light orange.

NC pharmacists emerge as new prescribers of hormonal contraceptives

by Rachel Crumpler August 23, 2023August 22, 2023

Image shows a woman sitting at a picnic table. She's found success in a drug court.

Featured, Mental Health, Prescription Drugs, Substance Use

Once-resistant rural court officials begin to embrace medications to treat addiction

by KFF Health News July 29, 2023July 26, 2023

Multicolored map indicating the status of marijuana/ cannabis legalization across the U.S.

State Health Policy

Medical marijuana opponents contend NC roads will become less safe if legislation is passed. What do the numbers say?

by Lucas Thomae June 7, 2023June 6, 2023

Several orange pill bottles lie on a black background. One of them is open and long, white pills spill out.

Dentists develop opioid use plan

by Anne Blythe January 18, 2023July 26, 2023

shows a white HIV medication bottle with the label Descovy 200 mg/ 25 mg on a table, next to the bottle is a bunch of blue pills

Health Insurance

HIV advocates call plans from insurer Blue Cross NC ‘discriminatory’

by Rachel Crumpler January 6, 2023January 5, 2023