Competing proposals from AdventHealth, UNC Health are rejected; Novant Health gets green light for 34-bed hospital in Arden.

Despite modest growth in the number of OB physicians and certified nurse midwives, dozens of North Carolina counties have no clinicians or facilities for care.

An adult case brings the county’s total to seven since Jan. 1 and increases North Carolina’s statewide total to 18.

The meetings come after federal authorities — again — placed Mission Hospital in “immediate jeopardy,” the most serious sanction a hospital can face.

Sanction among most serious a hospital can face, puts crucial federal funding at risk

The new guidance allows early infant doses and no-cost shots for adults as transmission moves beyond travel-linked cases

The latest case brings the state’s total to 11 confirmed infections, six of which are in WNC

All seven of North Carolina’s recent measles cases are in Western North Carolina, including two newly confirmed infections in Buncombe County at a school with low vaccination rate.

Health officials say a trio of vaccine-preventable illnesses is circulating during an already busy winter virus season.

The patient has recovered, but several people remain under quarantine while health officials continue outreach and vaccination guidance.