People who work at an Olive Garden in Gastonia are being tested for tuberculosis after an employee tested positive, according to the Gaston County Department of Health & Human Services.
Jennie-O Turkey recalled packages of ground turkey in a salmonella outbreak, and regulators say additional products from other companies could be named as their investigation continues.
A top U.S. health official on Thursday pledged to try to ban menthol from regular cigarettes, outlaw flavors in all cigars, and tighten rules regarding the sale of most flavored versions of electronic cigarettes.
Move more, sit less and get kids active as young as age 3, say new federal guidelines that stress that any amount and any type of exercise helps health.
Mecklenburg County Health officials say an employee with Hepatitis A handled food at a restaurant in SouthPark.
A new version of the once-popular asthma inhaler Primatene Mist will soon return to U.S. stores.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first death related to an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A affecting parts of North Carolina.
Drug overdose deaths hit the highest level ever recorded in the United States last year, with an estimated 200 people dying per day, according to a report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Most of that was the result of a record number of opioid-related deaths.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Servicesβ Division of Public Health today announced the first reported flu-related death of the 2018-19 flu season, which occurred last week and involved an adult in the central part of the state.
Twenty-two local health departments in North Carolina will receive a share of $1.8 million to implement high-impact, community-level strategies to address the opioid crisis based on the NC Opioid Action Plan.
Charlotte clinician Justin Perry writes about Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and joins WCCB News Edge Morgan Fogarty in studio to discuss it.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will conduct a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 27 from 10 a.m. β 2 p.m. local time in each state.
A severe viral outbreak at a rehabilitation center in New Jersey has left six children dead and 12 others sick.
Mecklenburg County will not be fined after exposing health department patient information.
Several ready-to-eat meat and poultry products found in Harris Teeter and Trader Joe's stores nationwide are being recalled due to possible salmonella and listeria contamination.
It's a rare polio-like illness with no treatment or vaccine.
Over one million people in our area get their water from the Catawba River, which is kept flowing in large part by storm water runoff.
Jubilant customers stood in long lines for hours then lit up and celebrated on sidewalks Wednesday as Canada became the worldβs largest legal marijuana marketplace.
MEDICAL MYSTERY: A rare polio-like disease affecting children is spreading across the country. There are 62 confirmed cases so far of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in 22 states, including North and South Carolina.
U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern.
Florida health officials say a child is the first to die during this year's flu season.
Jewelry with the toxic metal cadmium is showing up on the shelves of national retailers including Ross, Nordstrom Rack and Papaya, according to newly released test results.
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