Chapel Hill Insider’s Guide to Health and Wellness

A new UNC center is working to strengthen global health systems and expand access to care worldwide, recently designated by WHO and PAHO.

Orange County announced it will activate cooling centers from July 3-5 as North Carolina braces for extreme heat over the weekend.

The Orange County Board of Commissioners recently took a major step in its effort to expand local behavioral health services.

The Orange Water and Sewer Authority responded to a wastewater overflow at 4302 Drew Hill Lane in Chapel Hill Thursday afternoon. OWASA first arrived at the scene, located near Eastowne Drive, at 2:12 p.m. and stopped it within 36 minutes of the initial report,...

Quintana Stewart, the health director who helped lead Orange County through its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is departing the role this summer. Dorothy Celinti, who has served as the interim twice before, will take over.

When it comes to screen time, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is trying to have better guardrails in the classroom.

A local church is working to pay off nearly $2 million of personal medical debt belonging to Chatham County residents.

UNC Health announced on Tuesday its selection of Min Lee to become president of UNC Hospitals later this summer.

Things are hot, and they’re only going to get hotter. Here’s what officials had to say on mitigating the danger heat poses.

Orange County Animal Services said Wednesday it confirmed a positive case of rabies in a raccoon found in Chapel Hill. The raccoon was sent for testing by OCAS on Saturday, May 23 after it got into an altercation with two dogs. The condition of the dogs is unknown. It...