Watchdog office says NC could have saved $226M
North Carolina could have saved up to $226 million if regulators had acted more quickly to contain costs in a program that provides non-medical care for mental health patients living at home, a legislative watchdog agency said Monday.
Final rules out for government stem cell research
The government issued final rules Monday expanding taxpayer-funded research using embryonic stem cells, easing scientists' fears that some of the oldest batches might not qualify and promising a master list of all that do.
Proposed care cuts prompt fight
Two distinct narratives are at war in a controversy over whether North Carolina should cut as much as $100 million over two years from in-home care for older and disabled people.
Rare primates to leave sanctuary in Congo
For generations, bonobos have lived just outside the limelight, as their well-known cousin, the common chimpanzee, became a cause célèbre, largely through the good works of famed anthropologist Jane Goodall.
4 million baby floats recalled
Around 4 million baby floats made by Aqua-Leisure Industries have been recalled, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
First obstacle to health-care plan: cost
Four divisive issues could dash President Barack Obama's hopes of overhauling health care: cost, creating a government-run plan, taxing workers' benefits and penalizing employers that don't offer coverage.
Cardiac plan wins support
Johnston Health medical officials give top marks to a WakeMed partnership proposal to expand cardiac care in Johnston County, which has one of the state's higher death rates from heart disease.
Have health problems? You're not alone in N.C.
North Carolina has a higher rate of obesity than 38 other states, and that translates into more diabetes and hypertension, a national health report shows.
Law targets mental hospitals
A new state law will give the public a glimpse behind the curtain at state psychiatric hospitals and other mental health facilities when a patient dies.
Bill lets sizable medical malpractice awards be made public
Consumers will soon be able to know whether their doctors have paid medical malpractice awards under a bill approved this week by state lawmakers.
Tainted soil tested in central Durham
Residents of inner-city Durham got a glimpse of several "brownfields" properties that will be tested for contaminants under a $400,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. Brownfields are areas where environmental concerns hinder development.
Don't be alarmed, but it is alive!
It looks like blob of wriggling pudding staring out through a single, puckered eye. You can see it caught on camera, clinging to the concrete pipes below Raleigh's Cameron Village: the Sewer Monster.
WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV
The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine.
Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest
Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
Limits urged for drug in Tylenol
Prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses, government experts said Tuesday.
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