As children get ready to head back to school this month, health officials remind families to make sure their children are up to date on all required and recommended vaccines.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is celebrating National Breastfeeding Month by sharing the benefits of it and encouraging expectant mothers to speak with their doctors to make sure it is an effective choice for them and their infant children.
As of Friday, Mecklenburg County has moved to the highest CDC COVID-19 Community Level.
U.S. News & World Report has awarded Atrium Health with several honors including Top Hospital in Charlotte and Best in Rehabilitation.
South Carolina can continue enforcing its six-week abortion ban after a state judge on Tuesday denied a request to temporarily block it amid a legal battle.
Eight Charlotte chefs will come together on September 29th to hold a dinner benefitting local cancer non-profits.
These days, most of the posts we see on Facebook all run together. Family, friends, birthdays, politics, pets. But one recent post caught our attention. A local mom posted about needing a new kidney.
StarMed is offering free at-home COVID-19 test kits to be picked up at its two clinic locations in Charlotte.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre releases a statement after Pres. Biden tests positive for COVID-19.
As key COVID-19 metrics increase in North Carolina and the U.S. due to the BA.5 variant, Governor Roy Cooper is reminding North Carolinians to stay prepared by being up to date on vaccines and boosters, having a supply of tests and seeking treatment if they test positive.
Health officials are reporting 4 confirmed cases of monkeypox infection in South Carolina.
The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide rose for the fifth week in a row while the number of deaths remained relatively stable, the World Health Organization reported Thursday.
Police say a person was bit by a fox that tested positive for rabies in Matthews, N.C. Friday night.
Mecklenburg County Public Health will begin offering the Jynneos (monkeypox) vaccine to high risk individuals starting Wednesday.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Wednesday shielding out-of-state abortion patients from extradition and prohibiting state agencies under his control from assisting other states’ prosecutions of those who travel for the procedure.
Abortion providers and patients were struggling Friday to navigate the evolving legal landscape around abortion laws and access across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week.
Several companies across the U.S. have announced that they will cover travel expenses for employees in need of abortion services in response to Roe V. Wade overturning.
President Joe Biden says he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade.
Amazon is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place similar caps following the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade.
The Keep Kids Fed Act that helped provide free lunch to Charlotte-Mecklenburg school students will come to an end on Thursday, June 30th.
A federal court has allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while a Texas judge temporarily blocked enforcement of that state’s ban on virtually all abortions.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson confirms that South Carolina's Fetal Heartbeat Act is now in effect. The law outlaws abortions after the point at which a fetal heartbeat is detected.
The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country, as abortion foes looked to quickly enact statewide bans and the other side sought to buy more time.
Health officials have identified the first case of monkeypox in Mecklenburg County.
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