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A young boy in a red shirt drinks water at Team Norway’s World Cup practice at UNC Greensboro. Extreme heat could be a player in the FIFA soccer tournament.

Record crowds, hot stadiums: Extreme heat could be a player during this summer’s World Cup

by Anne Blythe June 12, 2026June 22, 2026

Commercial building exterior with a stainless-steel utility enclosure, yellow safety bollards, and a covered side entrance on a rainy day. This is a cooler extension that acts as an overflow morgue at Asheville's Mission Hospital.

Healthcare Workers

Death takes a holiday: NC medical examiners plan coordinated vacation to protest low pay

by Asheville Watchdog June 7, 2026June 5, 2026

Aerial view of a water-filled open-pit lithium mine surrounded by farmland and forests in North Carolina's Piedmont region.

Environmental Health

When water meets rock: Water quality impacts from lithium mining

by Coastwatch June 6, 2026June 5, 2026

A closed hospital entrance blocked by a banner reading “Martin General Hospital & The Emergency Department Are Closed,” stretched across a driveway in front of a beige hospital building, with trees and a partly cloudy sky in the background.

Trump’s $50B rural health bet meets a healthcare desert in North Carolina

by KFF Health News May 30, 2026May 29, 2026

A rare Chapel Hill snow covers steps outside UNC Adams School of Dentistry. There's a heightened interest in public health dentistry among students looking to be advocates for oral health care.

Giving more teeth to public health in dentistry

by Anne Blythe May 28, 2026June 2, 2026

Several people work together in a freshly tilled field on land owned by El Futuro Es Nuestro on a clear, sunny day; one man in the foreground bends over a white bucket while others stand or kneel along the rows with shovels and tools, trees and a mobile home are in the background.

Environmental Health

Migrant workers, advocates work to get ready for long, hot summer

by Will Atwater May 27, 2026June 12, 2026