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UNC Rex Healthcare is making it easier for communities to keep up with annual breast screenings, by bringing the service to them. Clinicians say outreach efforts like this allow them to better reach patients in harder-to-reach areas, while combatting myths surrounding mammograms.
This initiative aims to enhance community health and make early detection more accessible.
North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall referenced Duke quarterback Darian Mensah in comments about why the state shouldn't be paying for a new, standalone state children's hospital.
A partnership between UNC Health and Duke Health said Thursday that it selected a site in Apex to build the new NC Children's Health Campus. The project is expected to include the state's first standalone children's hospital.
Those behind the building of the NC children's hospital coming to Apex say that it's a momentuous occassion that could help save children's lives.
Duke Health and UNC Health are joining forces as the health staples behind the state's first free-standing children's hospital. Researchers say it will also fuel innovation with $120 million in anticipated NIH grant funding.
North Carolina Children's Health is building the state's first standalone children's hospital in Apex. The multibillion-dollar project is expected to bring thousands of jobs to western Wake County.
Jack Hagel, WRAL News
The deal is expected to transform a wide swath of the growing western Wake County town, paving the way for a multibillion-dollar project that would create thousands of jobs.
UNC Health is warning patients covered by Cigna that their coverage could be impacted by December.
You might have become dismissive after seeing the headline to this article, but reading the entire piece will explain why women must be focused on first in any postpartum depression discussion, including men experiencing it.
North Carolina legislative leaders are divided on how much money to allot for the state's first freestanding children's hospital. A new House proposal would cut previously approved funding for the project.
If you're the parent of a child with a cleft lip and/or palate, know that experts are ready to help and many parents have traveled this road before. Read on for tips from a mom, a pediatric ear, nose and throat doctor, and a feeding therapist.
UNC Health CEO and Dean of UNC School of Medicine Dr. Wesley Burks announced he will step down from his role in September. His decision comes to focus on family and the development of NC Children's.
Dr. Wesley Burks, CEO of UNC Health and Dean of UNC School of Medicine, has announced his resignation to dedicate more time to his family and the advancement of North Carolina Children's hospital.
North Carolina Senate leaders, who released their spending plan late Monday, proposed investing an additional $535.5 million in the planned 500-bed pediatric hospital.
The UNC Down Syndrome Clinic marks a significant expansion of care options for people with Down syndrome. Spearheaded by a pediatrician inspired by her own journey as a mother of a child with Down syndrome, the clinic offers comprehensive services from infancy through adulthood.
A new clinic opened in Chapel Hill to provide special new resources for patients with Down syndrome and their families.
Cases of whooping cough across North Carolina have more than doubled compared to this time in 2024. Dr. Dan Park is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the University of North Carolina discussed the increases the state has seen.
On Wednesday, we'll learn how the flu is spreading in North Carolina. This comes as health officials say the number of cases is spiking.
There have been 525 flu-associated deaths in North Carolina this flu season, according to the latest data from the state. That's the highest amount of deaths since the state started reporting data in 2009.
UNC Health and Duke Health are announcing a partnership to build a 500-bed pediatric hospital and research center in the Triangle.
Duke Health and UNC Health are announcing a partnership to open a pediatric hospital in the Triangle. This would be the first of its kind in the state.
UNC Health and Duke Health -- who have battled for patients in fast-growing North Carolina -- are uniting to build a 500-bed pediatric hospital and research center in the Triangle. The new hospital is likely to cost at least $2 billion and create thousands of jobs in the region.
A big announcement could happen as soon as Tuesday regarding a partnership between UNC and Duke Health to build the first dedicated children's hospital in the state.
