North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

WNC gets better COVID-19 boosters and expands eligibility for shots against monkey pox

Hospitals pitched, the public spoke and now it's up to NCDHHS to pick the winning bid for a WNC hospital expansion project for Buncombe County

State health officials will be in Asheville this week to get the public’s input on who should operate an acute care hospital that will be built in Buncombe County.

The pandemic is showing no sign of letting up in North Carolina. The state set another COVID daily case record with 29,069 new cases on Sunday (1/9). For…

(12/31) The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 18,571 positive tests for COVID-19 onThursday(12/30), the highest one-day…

More than 24,000 children in North Carolina have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine according to state health secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen.…

Several health departments and vaccine providers across Western North Carolina are rolling out the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to people 65 and older and…

North Carolina health officials and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday announced that they will eliminate the statewide mask mandate and ease masking…

BPR is answering listener queries about the Coronavirus in our weekly segment –Talk to Us: COVID Questions. BPR’s Helen Chickering brings us this week’s…

BPR is answering listener queries about the Coronavirus in a new segment –Talk to Us: COVID Questions. BPR’s Helen Chickering brings us this week’s…