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The end of an era: Roxboro’s Cole’s Pharmacy closes after 69 years

by Roxboro Courier-Times February 7, 2026February 8, 2026

Many people who are eligible for Medicaid don’t realize it until after a hospitalization or emergency.

Medicaid’s retroactive safety net is shrinking — patients, hospitals could feel the fallout

by Jaymie Baxley February 6, 2026

A correctional officer seen from behind stands in front of a prison barbed wire fence

NC prisons face ‘dire’ staffing crisis

by Rachel Crumpler February 5, 2026

Shows a person covered by a sheet with laser targeting showing on the sheet laying on a table that's part of a linear accelerator radiation machine. Two radiation techs are helping the patient get ready. An attempt by WakeMed to add a linear acceerator to its cancer treatment program led to a high-stakes conflct with Duke Health over a certificate of need and NC CON laws.

State Health Policy

Raleigh hospital’s attempt to expand cancer services leads to revealing CON law dispute with neighboring systems

by Anne Blythe February 4, 2026

Children's Health

As teen crash deaths climb, North Carolina students push safe driving

by Jennifer Fernandez February 3, 2026February 3, 2026

Shows an unmade hospital bed in an emergency department. There's a rumpled pillow in a bed with rumpled sheets, an IV pole, and different monitoring machines surrounding the bed. EDs are seeing a surge in adolescents landing in their beds as a result of cannabis toxicity.

When the high ends in the hospital

by Charlotte Ledger and Correspondent February 2, 2026February 2, 2026