CHARLOTTE, NC -- Mecklenburg County Commissioners are questioning whether the Mecklenburg County Health Department should regulate the U.S. National Whitewater Center. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the Whitewater Center's filtration…
CHARLOTTE, NC -- It's been nearly two weeks since a brain eating amoeba killed 18-year-old Lauren Seitz, and no one from the U.S. National Whitewater Center has taken public questions about what happened.…
BELMONT, NC-- Belmont neighbors with contaminated well water calling on Governor Pat McCrory to veto a new Duke Energy coal ash deal. The proposed deal would leave most coal ash in place, delaying…
General Mills announced Friday that it is expanding its voluntary flour recall.
CHARLOTTE, NC -- The Mecklenburg County Health Department is still working to find out what the U.S. National Whitewater Center can do to prevent another brain eating amoeba death. There are five more…
An Ohio teen who recently visited the U.S. National Whitewater Center has died from an Amoebic infection. Here is what to know about the infection:
Dr. William Warlick Has the 411 on a New Treatment For Certain Types of Skin Cancers.
A current employee contacted WCCB, asking us to find out if spreading the sludge out in the woods is ok. The employee spoke to WCCB on the condition that we disguised their voice.
CHARLOTTE, NC-- Union workers who don't want to privatize health care for veterans picketed in Southwest Charlotte today. Members of the Salisbury Chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees gathered outside the…
CHARLOTTE, NC-- The Governor is pushing for the U.S. National Whitewater Center to undergo county regulation like public swimming pools. It comes after an 18-year-old contracted a brain-eating amoeba and died last week.…
Mecklenburg County Health officials will provide an update after naegleria fowleri amoeba was found at the U.S. National Whitewater Center on Friday.
A Texas man fighting to keep his leg after contracting an apparent flesh-eating bacterial infection after a trip to the beach.
CHARLOTTE, NC-- Bad news for kids and needle phobes tonight. The popular, needle-free Flumist vaccine has not protected kids or adults against flu for the past 3 years. The CDC say it shouldn't…
A woman born and raised in Texas wakes up from lower jaw surgery with a British accent.
Federal regulators say St. Cloud-based Gold'n Plump is recalling more than 27 tons of chicken after contaminants were detected.
WCCB NEWS RISING tackles the topic of kids and concussions.
LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. - The procession and funeral arrangements are set for Lincoln County Firefighter Joshua Warren. Investigators said that Warren was exercising after just returning from working on medical emergency call when he collapsed on the East Lincoln Middle School track.
People are lining up across the country to donate blood to help the victims in Orlando.
Hostess Brands has voluntarily recalled various snack cakes and doughnuts over concerns they may have come in contact with peanut residue not included in the ingredient list.
It was a startling scientific finding: Children who eat candy tend to weigh less than those who don't.
A loophole in an Oregon state law is keeping police there from charging a babysitter who admitted to attacking a toddler.
WCCB Charlotte has uncovered an alarming trend in drugs being found at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Nutrition facts labels on food packages are getting a long-awaited makeover, with calories listed in bigger, bolder type and a new line for added sugars.
The number of pregnant women with the Zika virus in the United States has more than tripled, increasing from 48 to 157, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
A New York man says his hand-held vaping device blew up in his face, knocking out his teeth and ripping a hole in his tongue.
