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Illustration shows a woman in a house where there is grey and black mold on the walls.

Environmental Health, Featured, Health Inequities, Public Health

A hotter, wetter South is becoming a breeding ground for mold

by Grist February 25, 2026February 24, 2026

the exterior of a brick building with a large sign that reads Cherry Hospital. It's one of the state psychiatric hospitals where people land after sitting in the emergency department of a community hospital after they've been involuntary committed.

Who gets a bed in NC’s state psychiatric hospitals — and who waits?

by Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf February 12, 2026February 12, 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, 2026February 6, 2026

Co-chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid on Jan. 13, 2026.

NC Medicaid leaders seek funding strategy as federal work requirements — and their costs — loom

by Jaymie Baxley January 30, 2026January 29, 2026

A woman stands in front of incarcerated men in a chapel

North Carolina’s first lady takes on rehabilitation and reentry

by Rachel Crumpler January 29, 2026June 2, 2026

Members of the state's Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services during a presentation about North Carolina's plans for Rural Health Transformation Program funding on Jan. 13, 2026.

North Carolina begins planning for $1B rural health initiative

by Jaymie Baxley January 20, 2026January 20, 2026