The North Carolina House of Representatives passed legislation on Tuesday requiring clear labeling of lab-grown meat, a growing industry in North Carolina with the largest cultivated meat production facility in the world setting up shop just one hour east of Raleigh. Cell-cultivated meat is grown from animal cells in a lab. The cells are harvested once...
Minn. Governor and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz will visit Durham and Forsyth counties Thursday, working to drum up enthusiasm on the first day of early voting and mere weeks until election day. Anticipating his visit, local farmers and business owners in North Carolina are demanding answers from the Harris campaign on whether the...
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is making his case against North Carolina’s abortion pill restrictions at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Stein is the Democratic nominee for governor in this fall’s election.
Two new regulatory changes are being considered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — banning menthol cigarettes and mandating Very Low Nicotine (VLN) products — could drastically change the market for combustible tobacco products in North Carolina and around the country. According to a study commissioned by the John Locke Foundation, Regulatory Smoke: The...
NC Department of Agriculture hosts panel of experts on 'bird flu.'
Rural, low-income, and older patients without access to broadband, smartphones, or tech skills may not be able to take their medications correctly if they can’t access printed labels.
A federal judge has thrown out part of North Carolina’s state law restricting access to an abortion pill called mifepristone. The judge ruled that state lawmakers cannot overrule the federal Food and Drug Administration’s previous decisions about the pill. Yet US District Judge Catherine Eagles’ 49-page order Tuesday also upheld portions of the law that the FDA has not addressed.
A growing number of young adults are abusing a ‘gas station’ drug for its euphoric properties similar to opioids like heroin.
Based on current medical research, medical marijuana should not be legalized in North Carolina. We all want to be compassionate and help people in need. As we look for potential health benefits of marijuana, we also need to look at the harm to individuals, their families, their community, and our state. To find the facts, we need to...
When the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) was signed in 2009, it had the admirable goals of eliminating youth smoking and reducing tobacco-related harms. President Obama called the bill the “kids tobacco legislation,” and vowed that the “law will reduce the number of American children who pick up a cigarette and become adult smokers.” But he was clear that the...
Babies and their parents across the country, including North Carolina, continue to pay the price for the baby formula shortage that began months ago.
