Kristi O'Connor

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is one of 15 Black mayors across the country featured in new ads supporting the Biden for President campaign.

Day one of the convention kicked off Monday in Charlotte, where hundreds of delegates ventured and both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence made surprise speeches.

Scholars with Duke University and Duke-NUS weighed in on the challenges of validating, manufacturing, and distributing a vaccine for widespread use quickly.

Charlotte doctors are finding an investigative treatment for COVID-19 is showing promising results in helping patients recover.

The American College of Cardiology Sports and Exercise Council issued recommendations on when it is safe for an athlete who has recovered from COVID-19 to return to play.

Doctors are noticing more patients are asking for coronavirus antibody tests, but they want to make sure patients understand what the results of such tests can tell you.

A CaroMont Health nurse who tested positive for COVID-19 at the beginning of April was extubated this week and is slowly recovering.

Members of North Carolina’s House Select Committee on COVID-19 received an update on the status of the state’s unemployment applications. Members of the committee’s economic support working group participated in the meeting via conference call to maintain social distancing.

More than 20 states in the U.S. have issued some kind of stay at home or shelter in place order since the COVID-19 pandemic. North Carolina is not one of them, despite Mecklenburg County officials issuing a stay at home order locally. Two state leaders are at odds over issuing a statewide order.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper says the CDC provided the state with enough supplies to test about 250 people for the COVID-19. Now, state and private health officials are trying to find other ways to get more people tested.

Police said the boy's 30-year-old mother was was arrested for robbery on Friday night. The baby boy wasn't with her at the time of the arrest.

According to the National Bone Marrow Donor registry, Be the Match, about 16,000 people will need a bone marrow transplant each year. Unfortunately, only about 6,000 of them will find a match.

Expecting mothers often enlist the help of birth doula to provide emotional support and education throughout their pregnancy. Now, end of life doulas are becoming popular for people whose loved ones are nearing death.

A Lake Wylie woman accused of fatally poisoning her husband with eye drops pleaded guilty in court Thursday.

Some people are turning to a centuries-old home remedy to protect themselves from the cold and flu this year, and nutritionists say it works.

Alex Tatsis has been a NICU nurse for 32 years and has cared for thousands of babies during her career. In 2014, one baby changed her life forever.

Under the proposed changes to the prior exam rule, a dentist would not have to be present to supervise a dental hygienist who is providing care to a patient who has not met the prior exam requirement.

Infant mortality rates in North Carolina reached at 31-year-low in 2018. According to the state infant mortality report, there were 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Novant Health is utilizing new technology to help physicians detect and treat a specific type of stroke faster. By cutting down the time to diagnose the stroke, they hope to see patients make better recoveries.

When convenience and health are top priority for many Americans this day in age, a Fort Mill businessman is refurbishing an old concept to meet those needs.

Two people are dead after a head-on-crash in Chester County Thursday night.

Containers outside Davy Jones Fireworks went up in flames, York County deputies say, closing Carowinds Boulevard from Hwy 51 to the I-77 exit ramp.

The children’s mother, 38-year-old Maria Calderon, is still missing, but officials believe she is deceased and her body may be somewhere in the Catawba River.

Two children found dead inside a burning home in Alexander County were identified Tuesday as 11-year-old Angel E. Pacheco and his 13-year-old sister America D. Pacheco.

Around 4 a.m. Sunday, Bocek broke into 16-year-old Kathleen Chaplin’s grandparents’ home and fatally shot Chaplin’s dad and friend before turning the gun on himself, police say.