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RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new report praises North Carolina for a near record-low child death rate but gives the state low grades for child obesity and access to insurance.
 

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RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new report praises North Carolina for a near record-low child death rate but gives the state low grades for child obesity and access to insurance.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- If you're thinking of getting the flu shot, take heart. The word from the Centers for Disease Control is that this year's vaccine should do a better job than last year's and cover more strains of the flu virus.
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DURHAM, N.C. – The Durham County Health Department started offering flu shots to adults and children on Monday, Oct.13.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The federal government has cited a new state mental health hospital for shortcomings, but won't prevent the hospital from receiving federal dollars to treat patients.
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RALEIGH, N.C.--Deanna Babcock of Raleigh is not a typical heart patient. At just 24, this lifelong athlete may be the least likely person you'd expect to have a heart problem.
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GOLDSBORO, N.C. -- A health consultants' report says a North Carolina mental hospital where a patient died and others were beaten had leadership problems and was dysfunctional.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Eli Lilly and Company, a major pharmaceutical manufacturer, has agreed to pay a record $62 million to North Carolina and 31 other states to resolve allegations that the company improperly marketed the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, officials said Tuesday.
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Phyllis Snipes’ battle against psoriasis has meant spending a lot of time at the dermatologist’s office, trying to find the best treatment to keep her skin disease under control.
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WAKE FOREST, N.C. -- New signs are going up Thursday at the WRAL Soccer Center in Wake Forest to make it clear that smoking is not allowed.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- After suffering with the aftermath of devastating hurricanes in the late 1990s, North Carolina hospitals developed an emergency response plan they hope will see the state through future storms.
 
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