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Children's Health

NC struggles in key child health measures, new report shows

by Jennifer Fernandez June 11, 2025June 10, 2025

shows a woman's torso in a black dress from the neck down holding her arm around a young woman in a blue shirt and black pants, also only visible from the neck down, who had child mental health issues.

NC kids in crisis encounter a mental health system failing families

by Correspondent June 10, 2025June 9, 2025

a person holding a hand in front of their face with a transgender flag painted on the palm of the hand

State Health Policy

Bills affecting transgender kids move at NC General Assembly

by Grace Vitaglione and Rachel Crumpler May 7, 2025June 23, 2025

A patient exam room. A an exam table is visible, along with medical poster and the door. Minors could have less medical confidentiality with their doctors if a law passes.

State Health Policy

Parental rights or patient privacy? NC bill would limit medical confidentiality for minors

by Rachel Crumpler and Grace Vitaglione May 6, 2025May 6, 2025

A medical assistant in light blue scrubs wraps a blood pressure cuff on a young woman's arm in a school-based telehealth clinic.

Children's Health

School-based telehealth expands further in North Carolina

by Jennifer Fernandez April 11, 2025April 11, 2025

A Black man looking off to the side with a soft smile on his face. Erik Ramsey died by suicide while in prison.

Did prison have to ‘be a death sentence’ for man with mental illness?

by Rachel Crumpler April 7, 2025April 8, 2025