The American Red Cross has a critical shortage of type O blood and needs eligible donors to give now to help patients facing trauma and other life-threatening situations.
Community Enrichment Initiatives, Inc. is working to raise money to build a community kitchen to offer cooking and nutritional classes at the MLK Center in Wilmington.
Welcome Home Angel, a non-profit organization that provides bedroom makeovers to children with chronic or debilitating illness or injury, held a special reveal Tuesday for a Wilmington boy named Grayson Allen.
A bill that would create harsher punishments for a person who distributes drugs that result in the user’s death has passed in the state House and will go to the Senate next.
The North Carolina Senate has agreed to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of legislation directing doctors and nurses to care for an infant born alive after an attempted abortion.
North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell talks about HB184, which would delay implementation of a new reimbursement structure for professionals who provide healthcare to state employees and retirees.
New Hanover Regional Medical Center partnered with several healthcare centers, law enforcement agencies and other community organizations to orchestrate a medication disposal event Saturday.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ‘Generation X,' may want to consider getting another booster shot to protect against the measles.
April is National Stress Awareness Month. Stress can have a serious impact on your mental, physical, and emotional health if not recognized and treated regularly.
Businesses near a proposed 200-bed treatment center for drug addicts have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to shut the operation down before it even opens.
Marshall Phillips (right) donated one of his kidneys to his foster brother, Kamali Hayes (left) during a combined eight-hour surgery in Greenville, N.C. (Source: Sheila Hayes)
Researchers at North Carolina State University say they found high levels of toxic chemicals known as PFAS in alligators and striped bass in the Wilmington area.
In 48 hours, a pair of foster brothers will go under the knife and while they may not be related by blood, they will soon be united by possibly an even stronger bond.
It’s a “unique project with transformative potential.” That’s what a group made up of community members is calling its vision to convert the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in downtown Wilmington into a pedestrian and bike trail.
Some special patients were treated like royalty Thursday when Azalea Festival Queen Briana Venskus and her court stopped by the Betty H. Cameron Women and Children’s Hospital for a visit.
Officials with New Hanover Regional Medical Center on Thursday announced that flu-related visitor restrictions have been lifted due to a decrease in the incidence of the flu.
Free dental care will be made available to Brunswick County residents during Coastal Cosmetic Family Dentistry’s eight annual Dentistry from the Heart event in May.
New Hanover Medical Center presented a Health Expo and Science Fair for the students of Snipes Learning Academy. The expo centered on teaching students positive fitness skills and the importance of healthy lifestyle choices on their overall well-being.
In an effort to maintain a sun-kissed look, many teens will start using tanning beds. But just one UV tanning session increases the chance of developing melanoma by 20 percent.
Dr. Vinodh Doss, the director of interventional neurology at NHRMC, said this is a safer option than traditional treatments because it involves less time doctors are in someone’s brain.
The septic drain field filling with sewage was the biggest reason Malpass Corner Elementary School received a health inspection score of 81.5, according to a supervisor with the county’s heath department. The inspection was done on March 8.
New Hanover County commissioners on Monday voted unanimously to consolidate the county’s Public Health and Social Services departments into one human services agency.
An event called Operation Medicine Drop gives the community an opportunity to get rid of expired and unused medicines to keep children safe and help the opioid crisis.
According to the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, the rate of youth suicide in North Carolina has almost doubled over the past 10 years,
Mac Cunningham’s home is next to the construction site. He said he and his neighbors’ biggest concerns are noise and possible odors and chemicals coming from the property.
North Carolina’s State Treasurer is responding to a lawsuit filed over the state’s treatment of transgender people. State employees argue in a lawsuit filed Monday that their health plan violated federal law and their constitutional rights by dropping coverage of medically necessary procedures.
Coppola said Turney woke up with complaints of a headache, nausea and blurred vision on Sept. 23, 2018. He went to a hospital, where he was given an IV. Turney got up to use the bathroom, collapsed and went into cardiac arrest.
There's a new program at New Hanover Regional Medical Center designed to help bridge the gap between the nutrition patients receive in the hospital and what they experience when they return home.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising the public about a nationwide, voluntary recall initiated by Apotex Corp. on a birth control pill.
