In some places, locally supported nonprofits are stepping up, but leaders say their work can never fill the hole left by cuts to the federal food stamps program.

Experts offer practical steps for cleaner indoor air when wildfire smoke lingers, which can be triggered by local or distant fires.

The agency, which has been key to improving patient safety, has been shut down by the Trump administration through cuts to funding.

The lack of rain this summer hit NC farmers hard. Hunger relief organizations that rely on local produce are struggling too.

The Katie Blessing Center will provide much-needed psychiatric beds for kids. But campaign donations tied to its backers are drawing scrutiny.

The office spent more than three decades using data and community partnerships to address persistent health disparities.

In late January, legislators met for the first time to discuss issues surrounding North Carolinian’s access to fresh, healthy food. The House Committee on Food Desert Zones, formed to study the issue ...