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Since its founding in 1981, Samaritan, with the help of tens of thousands of volunteers, has served lunch to people in need in Forsyth County every day of the year.

Winston-Salem State University is hosting a youth summit this weekend to encourage minority students to pursue careers in healthcare. 

Veterans rated VA hospitals higher than private facilities for things like patient satisfaction, hospital cleanliness and communication with nurses and doctors.

Dozens of transgender North Carolinians and their supporters spoke out against state lawmakers Tuesday as a House committee advanced legislation banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors without allowing members of the public to testify.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina filed legal challenges Thursday to the state employee health plan's recent decision to replace the insurer with another company to administer the plan.

Thousands of children in North Carolina will soon be moved into the state’s Medicaid program. Officials say this will keep family costs down and provide increased access to care.

A lawyer representing the leaders of North Carolina's state employee health plan defended its exclusion of gender-affirming treatments on Wednesday before a federal appeals court, facing a barrage of criticisms from its chief judge.