Mission Hospital, like many across the country, is severely understaffed, posing a risk to patients who seek care there. If Trump’s Medicaid cuts go through, a bad situation will get much worse.
One sign of the economic anxiety? A majority of people in North Carolina say that costs are higher in President Donald Trump’s second term and that they are cutting back on spending as a result.
North Carolina’s healthcare system is facing one battle after another as decisions made in Washington make themselves felt here at home. That’s why we’re launching Bad Medicine.
A person with measles visited several public locations in Wake County on Feb. 5 and 6, including a gym and supermarket.
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that adults who had heard of federal changes to the childhood vaccine schedule were twice as likely to say it would hurt children than help them.
It can be hard to know where to find good information about vaccines, but these organizations offer clear and sound medical guidance on what can be a confusing and maddening debate.
Measles is the most contagious disease to ever confront humans and is entirely preventable, doctors say. Now, an outbreak in neighboring South Carolina is putting North Carolina doctors increasingly on edge.
Recent changes to federal vaccine policies could cause a resurgence of some serious diseases, medical experts warn. Here’s a primer on why the diseases are so dangerous and how the vaccines are so effective.
Cardinal & Pine taps its award-winning reporting to highlight the dangers federal policy changes pose to the state's health care and what can be done about them.
The study by the conservative John Locke Foundation shows how Trump’s tariffs could start a widespread trade war that devastates farms and the rural communities that depend on them.
