Roughly 6,300 water systems serving 3.8 million Americans have still not submitted a required list of how many lead service lines remain in use. Those inventories are critical for cities to replace all lead pipes by an upcoming 10-year deadline. Failing to document the lines also means residents won't know if their homes have a potential source of lead exposure.
The start of a new school year can bring new routines, academic pressures and social challanges for children and teens.
Chef Jamir Waters joins Rising crew in the kitchen for some good eats.
Judge William Sullivan declared the mistrial on the seventh day of deliberations after jurors sent a note saying: “It is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be able to.”
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall. They banded together to offer recommendations Wednesday, saying they hope to lessen confusion after last year's changing advice from the Trump administration.
A teen has died after developing a rare illness according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
With Suicide Prevention Month approaching in September, Wounded Warrior Project is raising awareness about veteran suicide and the importance of connecting veterans with support and resources.
State wildlife authorities are attempting to trap and euthanize a food-conditioned black bear after it entered a Buncombe County home and injured a resident on Tuesday night.
Life Coach, Carenda Deonne breaks down ways parents can cope with separation anxiety from college kids.
Bedbugs are on the rise and they tend to be at their worst at this time of year. The critters have horrified homeowners for centuries. They hide in furniture and clothes, emerging at night to bite.
Local officials and homeless service providers are deploying resources across Charlotte, Cornelius, and Huntersville on Thursday and Friday to assist vulnerable residents through a dangerous weekend heat wave.
The U.K. has recorded its hottest day of the year, with temperatures hitting 38.1 degrees Celsius in west London. This surpasses the previous high of 38 degrees recorded in June. Britain and France are experiencing their fifth heat wave of the year.
Francisco Guzman with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services joined this morning’s Rising to highlight two important pieces of back-to-school preparation: childhood vaccines and mental health, and what parents should know going into the new school year.
Postpartum psychosis is rare, but it can become a medical emergency. We're talking about the warning signs every new parent and family member should know.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different shots.
Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapenos because of worries about a possible salmonella contamination.
Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria.
Federal officials have traced a multistate salmonella outbreak to jalapeño peppers from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico.
The vote Thursday came one week after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times when he appeared before the panel.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is investigating the state's first cases of West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Kimberly Scott has officially been named the new Director of Public Health for Mecklenburg County.
The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in Congo is still spreading faster than efforts to track it, according to the head of the World Health Organization.
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