Environmentalists gathered on Earth Day to signal that they are ready to push forward with efforts to curb single-use plastic ...

As the environment faces increasing pressures from the onset of climate change and pollution, some say granting nature ...

Getting records has been difficult, but child advocates hope lawmakers will craft legislation to ease way for Guilford, ...

The disparity in health between rural and urban Americans has grown in recent decades, according to a recent federal report.

Disability rights, intellectual and developmental disabilities, foster care discrimination, Samantha R case, NAACP, ...

On Wednesday the EPA delivered long-awaited clean water standards, which it says will lower “forever chemical” exposure for ...

With funds from big pharma settlement, the county hopes to reduce opioid deaths by creating a "community of first responders." ...

Nonprofits, health agencies gather to highlight factors that contribute to grim disparity, brainstorm solutions to improve outcomes.

When it comes to growth, it seems like hospitals can’t get enough of it. Across the country, a tidal wave of hospital mergers and acquisitions in recent years has created multi-billion-dollar hospital ...