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A man in scrubs operates a machine in a pharmacy as the woman beside him watches. The pharmacy offers free medications to low-income and uninsured patients.

Aging

Older adults take a lot of medications — sometimes they hurt more than help

by Grace Vitaglione December 20, 2024December 19, 2024

A female advocate for seniors in a pink button-up shirt and glasses on her head smiles at the camera in front of a blurred gray background.

Aging

NC advocate for seniors is now helping shape national Medicare policy

by Grace Vitaglione August 1, 2024August 1, 2024

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